Submitted by rocketboy44 t3_10ivel2 in nottheonion
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AGDude t1_j5iewko wrote
I wonder what caused the grenade to suddenly explode.
Let's see what the article has to say about that:
>On January 12 at around 3 PM, he pulled the safety pin of the hand grenade and it exploded twice in his right hand.
That sounds about right. Though I do wonder what it means for it to explode twice. Maybe the article is counting the ignition as an "explosion?"
ebinWaitee t1_j5jktec wrote
Could've been a flash bang. Those often explode multiple times (unlike what you'd think when you've seen them in video games or movies)
Edit: also worth pointing out is that he only lost four fingers which leads me to believe it certainly wasn't a fragmentation grenade
generic_edgelord t1_j5jdxuj wrote
Maybe it malfunctioned? Like part of it had a delayed ignition of some kind, gun powder can go funky if its too old if i recall correctly
CaptainMobilis t1_j5jjbp5 wrote
I wonder if he had a habit of repeatedly pulling the pin out and putting it back in. Knowing exactly fuckall about how grenades work, I'm wondering if maybe that might have done something over time.
Potatoswatter t1_j5jjn13 wrote
Pulling the pin strikes a fuse. Putting it back doesn’t help.
gerkletoss t1_j5jkube wrote
It does if you hold the lever down
falcontruth1 t1_j5jrtau wrote
Pulling the pin doesn't strike the fuse. The pin is the final safety locking a lever called the spoon down. As long as that lever is held down, the pin can be reinserted. The lever is under spring tension, and when it flies up, it strikes a primer that ignites the fuse.
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TactlessTortoise t1_j5k0eyp wrote
Wrong. The pin holds the lever in place, as a safety. You pull the pin, and then when you let go of it, the lever itself has a mechanism that scrapes the fuse. Other designs have different mechanisms to time them, but not that one.
GetlostMaps t1_j5gpsh2 wrote
Sounds like maybe it was a dud or only partially made-safe. Maybe just a primary charge.
sambull t1_j5he6sx wrote
hate it when my key grenade prematurely detonates
jimi15 t1_j5iv14y wrote
And the darwin award goes to...
bstowers t1_j5jcdb5 wrote
You should see what happened to the pool boy.
therealsirlegend t1_j5itcj1 wrote
He was lucky he didn't have his keys in his pocket at the time. Fingers might not have been all he lost...
f_elon t1_j5i7ysd wrote
Next time will be the last time
Arcades_Samnoth t1_j5ksp8z wrote
And I thought I was hard core having a swiss army knife on my keys...
MillennialsAre40 t1_j5l3roj wrote
What the fuck? Oh, co.zw yeah that tracks
Mitthrawnuruo t1_j5h0syn wrote
This is the most American thing I have ever read.
Legal_Refuse t1_j5gsgh6 wrote
We started a go-fund me to get him another grenade for his keys.