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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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hand_grenade   (2730 words)

  
 Grenade launchers
The German Granatbüchse 39, an anti-tank rifle modified to serve as a grenade launcher was often used with wooden bulleted rounds instead of "blank" ballistite cartridges.
This may actually be feasible with a 40mm grenade since the fuse does not arm until 18 to 30m from the muzzle.
Overcalibre grenades fired by the 3BT could be designed with tails that fit inside rather than over the outside of the barrel, allowing the projectile to be spin-stabilized by the rifling.
www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/Grenade_Launchers.html   (3145 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hand grenade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is a projectile having the form of a small metal dart, usually steel, with a sharp-pointed tip and a tail with several vanes to stabilize it during flight.
This grenade is in terms of shape and use similar to smoke grenades.
Although, with teargas grenades, the filler consists of 80 to 120 grams of CS (chlorobenzylidene malonitrile).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hand-grenade   (5493 words)

  
 grenade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This unique feature was the case in all TNT based grenades to include the MK I. In each of the TNT grenades a small wooden plug was fitted into the body and thus must first be removed and the items "fuzed up" for use.
Grenade development continued in the United States where in the 50's a version that became known as the M26 series was manufactured.
This grenade consisted of a thin sheet metal body with a internal spiral spring or fragmentation coil.
www.texasmuseum.org /grenade.htm   (2540 words)

  
 Grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers.
A symbol representing a stylized old style of grenade, with a rising flame, featured on the insignia of certain military units such as
Grenade is the name of a commune in the Haute-Garonne département in France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grenade   (183 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Grenades Work"
Grenades have played a part in warfare for hundreds of years.
The typical design of these early grenades was a hollow metal container filled with gunpowder.
Thanks to mechanical ignition systems that made the weapons relatively practical and safe, grenades took their place as an indispensable element in modern warfare.
science.howstuffworks.com /grenade.htm   (225 words)

  
 Grenades
There were several cases of soldiers being killed when the grenade hit the front of the trench.
Several people became involved in producing a grenade that was safe to use but created the maximum damage to the enemy.
Once the grenade was in the air, the lever flew up and released the striker, which ignited a four-second time fuse, allowing the thrower to take cover before it exploded.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWgrenade.htm   (705 words)

  
 Grenade ideas.
A more effective concussion grenade could made by fitting the M217 fuse that was used for the M68 grenade on to a plastic body filled with suitable explosive.
The Russian RGN grenade has a shorter self-destruct time, which permits the grenade to be thrown so that it air-bursts.
Grenades adapted to mortar fire would be lighter than bombs, so less of a burden to the unit.
www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/grenade.html   (2564 words)

  
 LCT Paintball's Grenade Refill Kit
To me, one of the interesting aspects of scenario gaming is the expanded use of alternative devices such as cannons, grenades, etc. Although grenades have been around for years, their use tends to be infrequent during walk-on recreational games, and they are pretty much non-existent in tournament paintball.
The creation of a grenade is basically a matter of clamping off the bladder and using the pump to fill both sides, then sealing off the ends as instructed.
Although the provided hemostat works well, someone who plans to build a lot of grenades could make things a little easier on themselves by obtaining a second pair with which to hold the other end of the bladder (which is also suggested in the instructions).
www.pukindogspaintball.com /reviews/REV8.htm   (630 words)

  
 The GP25 underbarrel grenade launcher.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 40-mm GP-25 underbarrel grenade launcher is an issue weapon of the Russian Army.
The grenade launcher assembled and ready for deployment: barrel and mount are attached to the main frame with grip and trigger.
A soldier attaches grenade launcher to the AKMS Kalashnikov assault rifle.
club.guns.ru /eng/gp25.html   (931 words)

  
 Grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stun grenades, also known as concussion grenades or flashbang grenades.
Shaped explosive projectiles designed and implimented to be used with a grenade launcher.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/grenade   (183 words)

  
 Grenade scare turns out to be a dud   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But one charm caused a scare for police until they learned the grenade a woman carried into a doctor's office is just a shell, containing no explosives.
Morin said she had taken the grenade away from her son as a punishment and put it in her ''dialysis bag.'' Ms.
Morin drove home and told the receptionist she put the grenade on her front porch behind a shovel for safe keeping before driving back for her appointment.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19990303/FP_004.htm   (288 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: U.S. Soldiers Foil Hand Grenade Handoff to Child   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The soldiers, currently assigned to the 1st Marine Division of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were conducting a patrol in the northeastern sector of the city when they observed a blue 4-door sedan with three military-aged males pull up near their position.
One of them dropped the grenade after U.S. soldiers fired a warning shot in the direction of the terrorist.
The unit recovered the grenade from the scene, but was unable to locate the child.
www.dod.mil /news/Feb2005/n02102005_2005021011.html   (265 words)

  
 Grenade In A Can   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Grenade in a Can was a simple and effective booby trap set by Viet Cong soldiers during the Vietnam War.
A primed grenade was put into a container with a string tied around the body.
When the grenade is pulled out of the can by force, it will arm and explode, since the pin would be already removed and there would be tension between the handle and the can.
www.wikiverse.org /grenade-in-a-can   (228 words)

  
 PoliticsForum.org - Flame Warriors: Grenade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Grenade can be loaded with different explosives depending on the forum, but some common detonating materials are Clinton, gun control, homosexuality, Reagan, abortion, taxes, conspiracy theory, the NEA, welfare reform, etc. When beleaguered and facing certain defeat a Warrior can deflect even the most determined attack by triggering a diversionary explosion.
Grenade is a particularly destructive weapon when wielded by Evil Clown, Issues, Troglodyte and even Weenie, but almost any Warrior can use it to gain a temporary strategic advantage.
Grenade is the preferred weapon of Troller and L'Enfant Provocateur.
www.politicsforum.org /images/flame_warriors/flame_64.php   (208 words)

  
 British No.3 Mk.I Rod Grenade - Inert-Ord.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To operate, the grenade is inserted in the rifle, and clipped to the muzzle.
When the grenade is launched, the sudden acceleration causes the locking sleeve to set back, freeing the windvane.
The remaining stocks of grenades were used up or converted to a simplified design.
www.inert-ord.net /rod02h/no3   (424 words)

  
 HERO GAMES Discussion Boards - I need help with a grenade launcher
Those grenades will also be useable without the launcher and the idea is that the user can slap a clip of 4 into it, whatever the type or simply have them (bought in clips of 4) to throw.
And I was kind of perplexed by all of the grenade launchers presented in the Star Hero supplements being based on the specific attack.
Frag Grenades are a Naked Armor Piercing Advantage; Gas Grenades are a Naked NND Advantage; Flash Grenades are a Naked Flash:Sight Advantage; etc...
www.herogames.com /forums/printthread.php?t=15897   (1517 words)

  
 "BLOOPER" THE M-79 GRENADE LAUNCHER:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The M79 was designed as a close support weapon for the infantry, and was intended to bridge the gap between the maximum throwing distance of a hand grenade, and the lowest range of supporting mortar fire.
The M-406 40mm HE grenades fired from the M79 traveled at a muzzle velocity of 75 meters per second, and contained enough explosive within a steel casing that upon impact with the target would produce over 300 fragments at 1,524 meters per second within a lethal radius of up to 5 meters (?).
Stabilised in flight by the spin imparted on it by the rifled barrel the grenade rotated at 3,700rpm, this in turn after 15 meters(?) of flight armed the grenade.
www.diddybop.demon.co.uk /blooper.htm   (399 words)

  
 Caf Grenade
Yet another example of Civilians using readily avail able CAF ammunition for illegal purposes, the CAF grenade, as it is becoming known, has no connection to official CAF manufacturing, but instead employs roughly 25 to 30 of their 5mm rounds in its make up.
The outer casing of the grenade is general formed from some sort of metal container, with soft drinks/beer cans being particularly popular, a fact that lends a certain amount of uniformity to the design.
Manufacturing techniques are dubious and reliability is often not good with many of these grenades either failing to go of f or detonating prematurely causing injury to the user.
www.badside.freeserve.co.uk /cgre.htm   (319 words)

  
 Grid Enabled Desktop Environments
The Grenade project aims to accelerate the roll-out of the Computational Grid by addressing the issues of accessibility and visibility directly, through tight integration of Grid functionality within the user's desktop.
Grenade aims to become the fulcrum by which the Grid leverages the skills and imagination of this much wider community.
The goal of the first phase is to prove the viability of the Grenade concept, by demonstrating that Grid functionality can be incorporated into a desktop environment to provide true added value without undue difficulty.
mrccs.man.ac.uk /research/grenade   (546 words)

  
 The M-79 Grenade Launcher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
An alternate infantry weapon was the M-79 grenade launcher.
The favored projectiles were the grenade and the canister round.
The grenade, smaller and not as powerful as our fragmentation grenade, was thrown several hundred yards.
www.i-kirk.info /tales/vnr03.html   (428 words)

  
 M84 Stun Grenade
The XM84 Stun Grenade is a non-fragmentation, non-lethal "Flash And Bang" stun grenade that is intended to provide a reliable, effective non-lethal means of neutralizing & disorienting enemy personnel.
The M84 non-lethal stun grenade is a non-lethal, low hazard, non-shrapnel producing explosive device intended to confuse, disorient or momentarily distract potential threat personnel.
Detonating the M84 Stun Grenade in the presence of natural gas, gasoline, or other highly flammable fumes or materials may cause a serious secondary explosion or fire, resulting in death, or severe injury to friendly forces or unintended victims, as well as serious property damage.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/xm84.htm   (468 words)

  
 RKG-3 / UPG-8 H.E.A.T. Hand Grenade (Modern) - Inert-Ord.net
This grenade was developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and continues to be copied and produced by numerous countries.
The RKG-3 family of grenades vary in size ranging from 65-78mm in diameter, 350-388mm in length and holding 384-560g of explosive.
This grenade is only to be used from behind cover, as the average throwing range is only 15-20 meters.
www.inert-ord.net /russ02i/rkg3_upg8   (369 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 241   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Witnesses said the first grenade was hurled at the end of the rally at Boidder Bazar Primary School playground when Kibria was about to board his car after speaking at the rally.
The meeting, chaired by AL chief Sheikh Hasina, deplored the grenade attack and said it was pre-planned to annihilate the political adversaries.
The August 21 grenade attack in Dhaka and yesterday's one at Habiganj proved that there was no security of life of the opposition leaders, activists and the people in general, they said.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/01/28/d5012801011.htm   (1051 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Man held after airport grenade find
A man is being questioned by anti-terrorism police after smuggling a live hand grenade into the UK through Gatwick Airport.
The north terminal of the Sussex airport was shut down and evacuated for five hours after the grenade was discovered in the 37-year-old Venezuelan's luggage on Thursday.
He was arrested under anti-terrorism laws and is being held at a central London police station, while the grenade has been sent for forensic examination.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2757143.stm   (789 words)

  
 M18 Colored Smoke grenade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This grenade is used as a ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling device, a target or landing zone marking device, or a screening device for unit movements.
The grenade produces a cloud of colored smoke for 50 to 90 seconds.
Remove the fuze by unscrewing it from the grenade.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m18.htm   (202 words)

  
 MajorPaintball.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At just under Five dollars per grenade, you will be able to douse your opponent head to toe with the best performing paint grenade on the market and still have money left for paintballs.
When the G-4 impacts the ground after being thrown, the force of the expelling paint combined with the G-4’s curved shape produces a violent spinning action, slinging the paint in a circular motion from the center area of impact.
This spinning motion keeps the grenade airborne and located in the same area of impact during its discharge, producing a very concentrated, uniform coverage.
www.majorpaintball.net /grenades.html   (355 words)

  
 Radio QRP - The Art of Low Power and Clandestine Operations
The first shortwave Grenade type transmitter was built for the 20 meter band, where crystals were available for testing, and because it was suggested that a higher frequency band might be a better choice for portable operation.
The case for this first Grenade was a used aluminium box that had been the former home of a FM amplifier.
The Grenade originally came built with one x-tal (6955/6950) and a dipole antenna at just under 100 dollars U.S. It is a great little radio, roughly the size of a brick, and weigh in at well under half a kilo.
www.geocities.com /radio107mhz   (8556 words)

  
 Grenade
Grenade isn't actually a Warrior, per se, but it's an ordnance so widely employed that no Flame Warriors guide would be complete without mentioning it.
Grenade's explosive content can be adjusted to the forum's interests.
Grenade can bea particularly destructive weapon in the hands of Evil Clown, Issues, Troglodyte or even Weenie, but almost any Warrior can use it to gain a temporary strategic advantage.
redwing.hutman.net /~mreed/warriorshtm/grenade.htm   (132 words)

  
 CBC News:Grenade shuts down Canada-U.S. border crossing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The grenade was found in the glove compartment of a car at the Peace Arch near Blaine, Washington, south of Vancouver.
Police say the woman driver arrived at the border believing she was headed for Vancouver, Washington, which is 400 kilometres in the wrong direction.
She was interviewed and released after it was determined that she didn't know the grenade was in the car.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/02/16/border_explosives040216   (171 words)

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