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3/4 of volume is taken by wood, what are you, russian logistics officer?
also no way to attach spoon-type igniter, this thing is properly ancient design
want longer range? hear me out:
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Ye olde grenade yeeter
I’ve seen the videos of boot instructors being rightfully paranoid that the boots are gonna drop the live grenades during training, I feel like adding these into the mix would straight up give them heart attacks.
yeah, this would end badly. which is why bore-safe 40mm grenades were made (and rifle grenades before that)
Fido, no!
aka potato masher
How about just clubbing someone with a live explosive?
This only works if you are black and Scottish
They got more **** ******** ***** **** *** ******* than they got the likes of me.
Too many people tried using them as hammers.
TNT filler is very stable. It’s fine. I mean, the grenades would not be great as hammers, but they won’t explode at a touch.
Stick grenades?
I put the fuze on both sides, that way I always come out topped.
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? Blow me in half?
Wisest wizard gets weird in the marines
It’s not weird if the whole squad contribute
You can bonk someone with it as well.
baseball.
The average American could be expected to already know how to throw a baseball, so it was easier to change the equipment to fit the user than to train every fucking soldier how to throw a lopsided stick.
Knife juggler here, so I have a lot of experience throwing off-CG objects…
It’s not really that different from throwing a baseball. It’s a little more difficult to catch, but with very little practice ( like 5 or 10 minutes) you’ll be able to do it. That being said, I think the “baseball” style grenades where adopted because they can fit through smaller openings, you can roll or tumble them towards your target, they’re harder to see, and harder to scoop up and throw back.
And that was when the SAS started recruiting ‘grenade returner’ jugglers.
Uhh, what do you think Wimbledon is?
we are so lucky that basketball wasn’t as popular back then
That’s a reason for then not now.
Better question is then why didn’t Germany stick with the old design instead of switching to more “modern” looking grenades?
And the answer is NOT “baseball”. The answer is that they’re too heavy and cumbersome. And the cons outweighs the pros.
The answer is it simplified NATO logistics
Pray we don’t simplify it further
Is this why soldiers in the rest of the world kick their grenades like a soccer ball?
That and all the other reasons. The only stick grenades still around in appreciable numbers are anti-armor grenades where the handle has a parachute inside. For normal fragmentation grenades, essentially everyone has moved to non-stick grenades.
Even in WW2, the Germans produced more of the boring looking Model 39 grenades than they did of the iconic and eye catching stick grenades. People notice what they want to notice.
Hungary made stick grenades until relatively recently, but even there stick part is much shorter (M42)
Why I hedge with “essentially everyone” because I know some obscure Literally Who is always going to be an exception.
I thought it was American football as the design is more shaped to be more closely resembling a hand held size 🏈
American football was simply more popular back then too, but a little less now in terms of ratio, but the crowd has still grown instead of shrinking/stagnantion
In my opinion I think it’s more likely for someone to have played baseball then football
Cause football needs alot more prep when baseball can be just a random school activity
Note: I’m not athletic at all and this is just based on my personal experiences
Why aren’t grenades shaped like hacky sacks
The weapon of choice of long haired peaceniks.
A football is WAY bigger than a grenade, and football was way less popular in the 40s because 1. Baseball came first and 2. Baseball is better in person and TVs sucked. Even if more people play football now, it’s still better to design grenades around baseballs because you spend more time practicing with a ball in baseball, and only one person per team knows how to throw a football.
Next generation grenades would be kicked ⚽️💥
As someone who played football (american), that is incorrect. Most people on the team learn how to throw it properly, with the spiral. You like the game, so you toss around the ol’ pigskin.
The quarterback is chosen for a variety of reasons.
Oh, they made a football grenade don’t you worry.
Because sometimes you need to take out a tank.
Bcs electricians kept using them as hammers.
I thought these linemens looked weird
I can carry 8 modern hand grenades, or 2 of those things.
I’m pretty sure you can carry at least 3 of them
We should use those ball throwers for dogs. Imagine the distance you could get! Then you could have 8 normal grenades and throw them stupid distances.
What a sick idea. You should always use balls to play fetch with dogs, grenades are way too expensive.
Ooh good idea. While were at it, why not train some Jai Alai players to be grenadiers.
This needs to be a Spider-Man villain.
An atlatl for grenades!
A splatlatl, if you will.
>can give you pleasure
Are we saying blowing stuff up is fun, or telling you to go fuck yourself with a grenade?
Yes.
why stop a grenades? I wanna see some two handers.
Technically all rifle is two hander
I do have a habit of throwing my AR-15 at people. that’s about all it’s good for.
Should’ve clarify grenade, because i’ve got something for you!
Nuclear two hander grenade.
I wanna see nun chuck grenades
Really basic overviews incase anyone is vaguely curious
Can give you pleasure
Idk, the round ones do just fine for me, just a bit different form of pleasure.
I just tie a sting around those little rings so I don’t lose the pineapples & can safely pull them out again.
Pineapples are ribbed for pleasure
If you shit out a ring, you’d best hope you haven’t been skipping your kegels.
And you can choose if you want a tail or an inside tickle.
Clearly their biggest weakness was not being heavy enough. I suggest the next generation have a baseball bat for a handle.
