Hand Grenade
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Here's a very interesting development in hand grenade technology. Smaller and lighter than our SFG87, but more lethal. Has ball bearing glued to the outside of the body to increase lethality.
http://www.copybook.com/publications/article.asp?pubID=15&artID=1562
In my entire length of service I've used only one real live frag grenade. Anyone did more?
I remember the distant crump of grenades exploding as we were marching to the safety hut at the grenade range.
There has never been a more quiet bunch of recruits than those about to throw their first grenade. Even the platoon clowns were not telling jokes that day.
While we waited in the safety hut for our turn to throw, something hit the corrugated roof of our hut from one of the exploding grenades. And we were quite far away from the actual explosions. Although it was probably nothing more than a pebble, it brought home the seriousness of the task at hand. -
Engineers throw more than once, I think
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I remember I have a friend who refuse to throw grenade... I think too scared. Cried and just ignored the officers. He was charged to DB.
Some just cannot handle the pressure. -
I believe that those who are posted to BMTC as instructors throw one during their Instructor's Prep Course.
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I think experience with real grenades in SAF is too inadequate. We are very familiar with all our other weapons except the hand grenade. Once we threw a smoke grenade while assaulting up a small hill but the thing hit a branch and rolled back down to smoke us out. This shows how little experience we have with hand-thrown ordnance. Imagine if it was a real frag.
I've thrown a lot of thunder flashes but these are too far from the real thing.
For FIBUA we used a grenade simulator that was very realistic. It looked, weigh and worked exactly like a grenade. It's basically a iron ball with holes in in. You screw on a new "head" (for lack of a better word) every time.
This "head" is like that on a real grenade with the lever, safety clip, safety pin and a fuse. Basically after pulling out the pin and throwing it, the lever flies off, the fuse burns and then explode with a bang that's louder than a thunderflash.
After using, the "head" is unscrewed, the expended fuse is replaced with a new one and the head screwed back on.
Great for FIBUA where you can easily retrieve this but now for other ops in the field where once thrown cannot be found.
ST should really look into producing expendable exploding blank grenades.
Either that or we should go to the grenade range once every year. -
Yes for those from BMTC we will throw 2 times because after we get posted to engineer unit, the mono-intake hasn't done it yet. So all go again! Fun times!Originally posted by cleong:Engineers throw more than once, I think -
im from engr. but i only thrown it onceOriginally posted by Weirdo80:Yes for those from BMTC we will throw 2 times because after we get posted to engineer unit, the mono-intake hasn't done it yet. So all go again! Fun times! -
i was in OCS. during exercise dumping (a defence ex), my platoon was tasked to assault another platoon's defence position. i was the MG assistant and some kuku from my platoon threw a smoke and landed right in front of me, choking me, the gunner and the commander!Originally posted by tvdog:I think experience with real grenades in SAF is too inadequate. We are very familiar with all our other weapons except the hand grenade. Once we threw a smoke grenade while assaulting up a small hill but the thing hit a branch and rolled back down to smoke us out. This shows how little experience we have with hand-thrown ordnance. Imagine if it was a real frag.
knn...
and that kuku was posted back to OCS as instructor after commissioning
if that was a real frag...
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I threw twice.
Once during BMT.
Another time when I was posted to my unit.... the mono-intake hadn't thrown their grenades yet. So I joined in the fun.