hand grenade
Also known as grenade
thumb|upright=1.35|Replica WW2 hand grenades on display
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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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- Victory Show Cosby UK 06-09-2015 WW2 re-enactment Trade stalls Militaria personal gear replicas reprod.originals zaphad1 Flickr CCBY2.0 Hand grenades etc IMG 3865.jpg
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21 sectionsContents
- 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
- Inline citations
- General references
- External links
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.