Grenades and Thrown Devices


These articles document how to build improvised thrown and fired grenades, grenade counter-measures, attack strategy using grenades and much more. Included is an interesting and controversial document entitled “The 5$ grenade” Providing information on building a low-cost, improvised grenade.

 

A hand grenade is a small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown. The word “grenade” is derived from the Old French (pome) grenate (”pomegranate”), in reference to the general size of early grenades, and because its shrapnel pellets reminded soldiers of the seeds of this fruit.

 

Grenadiers were originally soldiers who specialized in throwing grenades. Not all grenades are thrown by hand. Several types are fired from rifles or purpose-designed grenade launchers. For example, tear gas grenades used in riot control are fired from riot guns, and the M203 is a grenade launcher that can be fitted to several types of rifles.


Hand grenades, land mines, trip flares, and booby traps

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Hand grenades, land mines, trip flares, and booby traps

The objective of this chapter is to make you familiar with the various types of grenades, land mines, flares, and booby traps you might use or encounter in tactical situations. You will learn how to use them, their components, their safety features, and how to take countermeasures against their effective use by the enemy.

Shotgun Grenades

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Shotgun Grenades

This manual explains the process of making shotgun grenades – explosive shotgun shells which explode on impact.

Full working diagrams, photographs, and clear written instructions are included.

These are EXTREMELY dangerous devices and must be treated with extreme care and respect.

The Five Dollar Grenade

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The Five Dollar Grenade

Grenades, unlike a rifle, are weapons that allow a single man to neutralise a mass of enemies who are under cover, or whose position is not clearly known.

This handbook clearly demonstrates the procedure for constructing your own explosive grenades for under $5 per grenade. Full instruction and photographic aids provided.