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hand grenade

Also known as grenade

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A hand grenade is a small explosive weapon designed to be thrown by hand, typically used in combat situations. The image shows replicas of hand grenades from World War II, illustrating a weapon type that has been significant in military operations for many decades.

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Etymology
History
Pre-gunpowder
Gunpowder
Development of modern grenades
Explosive grenades
Fragmentation
High explosive
Thermobaric
Anti-tank
Incendiary
Sting
Chemical and gas
Practice
Igniters
Manufacturing
See also
References
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thumb|upright=1.35|Replica WW2 hand grenades on display

A grenade is a small explosive projectile. It can be thrown by hand (hand grenade), launched by a rifle attachment, or launched by a dedicated launcher. A modern hand grenade generally consists of an explosive charge ("filler"), a detonator mechanism, an internal striker to trigger the detonator, an arming safety secured by a transport safety. The user removes the transport safety pins before throwing, and once the grenade leaves the hand the arming safety gets released, allowing the striker to trigger a primer that ignites a fuze (sometimes called the delay element), which burns down to the detonator and explodes the main charge.