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  Hand grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The use of tripwire-triggered grenades (along with Claymores and landmines in general) is banned under the Ottawa Treaty and may be treated as a war crime wherever it is ratified.
Classical "pineapple" grenades, such as the Mills bomb, used smokeless powder and cast-iron shells, which (in theory) would fragment along deliberately cast weak points in the shell—although the pattern on the grenade body was actually intended to allow the user to have a firm grip on the grenade.
This means that the grenade has to hit the vehicle at an exact right angle for the effect to work properly, which is usually achieved by the grenade deploying a small drogue parachute or fabric streamers after being thrown.
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 No 68 AT Grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grenade, Rifle No. 68 /AT was a British anti-tank hand grenade used during World War II.
The No. 68 was an early form of shaped charge grenade, and has some claim to be the first High explosive anti-tank device in use.
The grenade was armed by removing a pin in the tail that held the striker.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M68_AT_grenade   (199 words)

  
 Munroe effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1910, Egon Neumann of Germany discovered that TNT containing a conical indentation would cut through a metal plate which would normally only be dented by that quantity of explosive.
However, the military usefulness of this effect was not appreciated until the Second World War, the first application possibly being the British No.
In modern military applications, a Munroe-effect shaped-charge warhead can be expected to penetrate solid steel armor equal to 150-250% of the warhead diameter, though it will tend to be somewhat less effective against modern composite armors and reactive armor which was developed specifically as a counter to shaped charge weapons.
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It gave no indication of where or precisely when the Allies would strike; reconnaissance, moreover, could not be put out in time to answer these questions.
[68] On the other hand, the 1st Division had precise information on the location of these defenses and every provision was made to give the assaulting infantry the heavy fire support needed to knock them out.
There was therefore no news at all, and the Ranger reinforcements, concluding that the assault must have failed, proceeded with the alternative plan.
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No fewer than 35 LTTE operatives committed suicide to simply avoid being questioned by investigators in the wake of the Gandhi assassination.
It is no accident that left-wing terrorists constantly speak of a "pig-society," by convincing themselves that they are confronting animals they hope to stay the remorse which the slaughter of the innocent necessarily generates.
It extends to all areas of life and respects no separation between the private and the political." Existing works that attempt to explain religious fundamentalism often rely on modernization theory and point to a crisis of identity, explaining religious fundamentalism as an antidote to the dislocations resulting from rapid change, or modernization.
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/text/socpsy.txt   (17475 words)

  
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No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
68 Some proponents of "assault weapons" legislation have argued that even if one recognizes an individual right to bear arms, such guns are not the type of arms that individuals have a right to bear.
There is no First Amendment violation in subjecting the entertainment industry to the same criminal laws that apply to the rest of the population.
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During that time the men were separated from the women and children; they were ordered to undress, and their clothing was arranged in packages; they handed over their valuables; the women's hair was shorn, and the people were led to the "showers," which of course were the gas chambers.
As the stream of transports ceased, it was no longer necessary to sort the belongings of the dead, and the fear descended on the Jewish prisoners that they were slated to be liquidated soon, together with the camp as a whole.
While the liquidation of the camp was no doubt in accord with a plan that predated the uprising, its timing was probably moved up in wake of the revolt.
www.mtsu.edu /~baustin/yvscamps.html   (15353 words)

  
 May 68
Then the great awakener, a grenade landed so close to Johnson that the sand from the explosion slammed against the back of his legs.
The surrender of the strategic camp to the Communists resulted in the loss of five helicopters and four airplanes, one of which was known to be loaded with Vietnamese soldiers and their dependents.
He said he had no breakdown on how many of the victims were South Vietnamese army regulars, civilian irregulars and dependents.
25thaviation.org /id284.htm   (3930 words)

  
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No, this exception may not be used to avoid overall compliance with the 1-year expulsion requirement.
Similarly, if school officials indicate that a student must agree to a search, or if the student is very young or otherwise unaware that he or she has the right to object, the student's consent also will be held invalid.
No longer do they need to feel that a crosswise look or a cutting remark requires a physical challenge that can lead to violent outcomes.
www.ncjrs.org /txtfiles/safescho.txt   (19544 words)

  
 DYR Opinions: Anatomy of a Whitewash
Yet, there is no call by the ZOA report, or reported of any attacker, calling for their release, either to the public or for private inspection should adverse publicity be feared or out of respect for surviving relatives.
The ZOA report makes and cites no claim that the casualties were primarily or especially the result of Arab firing; there is no denial that the attackers caused the deaths of the bodies.
The attackers would throw hand grenades fearfully into houses, while a great part of a population of 750 (note 2) tries to escape with no clear announcement of where to go or what was happening, the refugees partly blocked for part of the morning.
www.deiryassin.org /op0005.html   (17163 words)

  
 British Anti-Tank Gunnery Data - Armour Penetration
The No 68 was based on a Swiss idea to use the well documented Munroe effect for armour penetration.
The No. 68 had a shaped charge with 5.5 ounces of explosive.
Anyone who has seen the film Dad's Army may recall that the main hazard was the Bomb's ability to stick to the user's trousers, which then gave the user 7 seconds in which to remove his trousers, and remove himself to a safe distance.
www.miniatures.de /html/int/shells-british.html   (1080 words)

  
 Matthew Yglesias: Setting The Record Straight
I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse.
Anybody But Kerry is the momentum and no amount of trashing the Swift Boat vets, the millions of other Vietnam vets, or half the population of these United States appears likely to stop it.
A.) I'm no liberal, but such pesky things as facts matter not to buttheads (regardless of political stripe) when they wish to employ bombast in pursuit of their nefarious aims...
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 The Island of Balta
Of course, there's no guarantee that the bounces will be the same magnitude, especially if the Dems are smart enough to send a few New Yorkers around the week before the RNC Convention saying that it's disrespectful for them to be in NYC and exploiting 9/11 in that way.
No matter what, the next few years of the U.S. President's agenda will be spent on Iraq; the requirements are so huge in terms of manpower and money that we really have no choice.
There was no reason for such a meeting, especially considering the risk it would pose to the operation.
balta.blogspot.com /2004_07_01_balta_archive.html   (14571 words)

  
 Infantry Equipment page
This was gravity Grenade, which when thrown caused the safety tape to be pulled clear by a weight and caused the Grenade to explode on impact and was made of Bakelite.
This "grenade" had a hollow tail, flared to the rear and in the forward end a small cartridge was fitted.
The spigot guided the grenade for the first few moments of flight, but the diameter of the bomb was not restricted by the diameter of the launcher barrel, thus allowing the PIAT to be made lighter than conventional mortars, while still launching a charge of equivalent weight and size.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/equipinfantry.htm   (5223 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To obtain 68 g of potassium nitrate, it would be necessary to dissolve about 90 g of fl powder in about one litre of boiling water.
Those >who don't store need no permits, which includes most of us: anyone, at least >in the US may purchase explosives, provided they are 21 or older, and have no >criminal record.
A no. 11 cap for fl powder firearms is one such primer.
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 IOL: Grenade blast in Ethiopia claims two lives
Addis Ababa - A man and a woman were killed after a grenade exploded accidentally in a hotel room in eastern Ethiopia, police said on Wednesday.
The man was a member of the army that had been demobilised and the woman was a prostitute, police said.
The grenade's ring was found in the hotel room in Dire Dawa after the blast on Tuesday night.
www.iol.co.za /?click_id=68&art_id=qw1065613321922B231&set_id=1   (322 words)

  
 Captain's Quarters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There was no fire outside the original mine: You can imagine what the people feel like on those swift boats who have come forward with affidavits when they were depicted as fleeing and then having John Kerry come back and, in fact, they stayed and he left.
JOHN O'NEILL: No. What we've said is his first and third Purple Hearts, which he used to leave Vietnam very early after about four months, we've said that there is almost conclusive evidence that those were fraudulent, that is that they resulted from self-inflicted wounds.
No one disputes that fact, the question is that a boatfull of eyewitnesses dispute the version of events decribed in the citations...and none of these eyewitnesses provided the citation version of events to anyone authorized to award the medals.
www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/archives/002300.php   (12815 words)

  
 PIAT Anti Tank Weapon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Boys antitank rifle, a.58-caliber single-shot rifle, couldn’t penetrate the Panzer Mark III's armor; the Number 68 Grenade, a heavy “sticky” grenade, required the soldier to close to within a few yards of his target.
The grenade fit over a spigot extending into a trough on the front of the weapon.
The spring pushed a “firing pin” into the spigot where it struck a small charge in the tail of the grenade, detonating the charge and launching the grenade toward the target.
www.inv44.com /Screenshots/Weapons/PIAT.htm   (213 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If it's on collision course to some space station or colony, and there is no possibility of redirecting or stopping it, it would be very reasonable to put it on self-destruct and get away with the small shuttle.
NO: - A creature that is so different from conventional organic life could not possibly make sense out of a strand of DNA.
NO: - The aliens that were in the "hive" at the end of _ALIENS_ would likely be classified as "workers" however they stood upright and looked no different than the rest of the aliens (which would be considered "soldiers").
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We are no longer under the control of the Great Families....We've gained a true advantage.
The troopers are no match for the general, who kills them both before they are even able to swing their swords.
LARS (to general) There are no settlers to the south since the Dau family was wiped out...
www.scifiscripts.com /scripts/swd1_5-74.txt   (19546 words)

  
 The Bren LMG Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is by no means "all" that is required, or must be considered when attempting to rebuild a Bren receiver.
The design is not to the blueprint stage since no prototype has been built and all dimensions are approximate pending actually building it.
Best of all is the Bren MK I and Tripod Mk I Supplement No. 2 for the Instructions for Armourers 1931 which covers all aspects of examining, testing and repairing the Bren, including which parts are polished, browned or painted.
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 Grenade explosion ended his 2 years at war
It was one of his fellow soldiers of the 96th Infantry Division - called the "Deadeyes" because of their prowess with rifles - staring down at the young soldier from Cincinnati as he lay in the bottom of a foxhole on the Pacific island of Okinawa.
He spotted a Japanese soldier about to throw a grenade in the direction of his squad.
A grenade exploded right next to where he was standing.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/05/24/loc_vets24butke.html   (1387 words)

  
 Jan.68
One instructor in particular, Australian WO Dave Wallner, held their attention with a presentation larded with infantrymen's jargon picked up during ten years of fighting Communist insurgents in Borneo, Malaya and most recently in Vietnam.
Fragments hit the helicopter but apparently it was the turbulence that yanked the ship out of control and plunged it to the ground.
trooper takes no chances-his.45 is kept ready for instant use-as he checks out a log bunker for Communist suspects who may be hiding inside.
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 1 killed, 8 injured in grenade explosion in Malungon; police says accidentally set off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY-- A fragmentation grenade exploded inside a residence in Malungon, Sarangani Saturday evening killing a 10-year old boy and injuring eight others, mostly minors.
The elder Dalucan initially reported that the grenade was lobbed at their house by unidentified suspects.
But Dangane, citing initial investigation, said it appeared that the grenade was accidentally set off by someone from inside the Dalucan residence.
www.mindanews.com /2003/07/13nws-grenade.html   (343 words)

  
 Jedi Counseling 40: Grenade Aid
I mean, if I wanted to throw it 40 meters, I'd have a –10 penalty on my attack, yet when I throw a baseball, for example, I should have an average of about 50 meters (to throw where I want it to go).
A: The reason grenades have a small range increment is because grenades aren't as balanced and aerodynamic as baseballs.
In fact, grenades and other thrown objects are limited to a maximum of five range increments, rather than the usual ten, so the maximum range is actually 20 meters (which I'll grant is a fairly short distance).
www.wizards.com /?x=starwars/article/sw20040520counseling   (1537 words)

  
 The Link, Volume 36, Issue 3, July - August 2003
No one was ever put on trial for the killing.
On the night of October 12, 1953, a grenade was thrown into a Jewish settlement east of Tel Aviv, killing a woman and two children.
The resignation of Alexander Haig in 1982 is evidence that the Reagan Administration's irresponsibility in raising no effective objections to Israeli excesses in Lebanon had limits.
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 Chicago 1968 Democratic National Convention: Chronology
It may be archived and redistributed in electronic form, provided that no fee is charged for access and provided that this entire notice is carried and the author of the review is notified.
At rally's end Dellinger announces a march to the Amphitheatre, while Hayden urges the crowd to move in small groups to the Loop.
6,000 join the march line, but, since it has no permit and the police refuse to allow it to use the sidewalks, the march does not move.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/1553/c68chron.html   (3485 words)

  
 The Vickers Machine Gun Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An original gun is one that has it's original sideplates and parts as it came from the facory.
No you can't import a machine gun into the country unless you are 1)U. Government 2)Police Agency 3)A Special Occupational Taxpayer with import approval from BATF and Customs.
There is no way to feed the belt because the left recoil plate is missing.
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 The Hidden Cost of Bush's War: America's Invisible Army of Maimed and Crippled Servicemen
But for visitors to the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington ­ where Sgt Meinen and two comrades who were injured in the same rocket-propelled grenade attack were treated ­ the wounded are very much on display.
We can do this for a long time but at some point ­ if there is no let-up ­ the casualty demand will have to start affecting what Walter Reed is. The whole hospital is on a war footing and emotionally involved.
There are no comparable figures for British combatants.
www.commondreams.org /headlines03/1114-03.htm   (2092 words)

  
 Photos -71- 1
No more Disciplinary Reports on Avionics crews for driving out to the airfield with a 3/4-ton truck and no daily dispatch papers from the motor pool, nor for not wearing shirts on the airfield.
Orderly Room in Di An after hand grenade took out kiosk where bulletins were posted.
No picture or writing contained within this site may be reproduced in whole or in part for any reasons without the express permission of its owner.
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