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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Jul 27, 2020 ^^
Rating : 4.833 (2,754/63,331 LTDR)
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Notching the outside of the grenade body has no effect on fragmentation. Weapon designers learned that long after the fact, and began notching the INSIDE of grenade bodies, or using an inner-notched sleeve or spring. Notched fragmentation works because of the shaped/hollow charge effect, which only occurs if the notching faces the explosive filler.
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When I was a kid deactivated hand grenades were readily available with the firing mechanism burned but still complete. They had a spring loaded firing pin that pivoted when the safety handle was released. It struck a primer, much like a centerfire rifle primer. The primer ignited a chemical fuse; no match or hobby shop igniter fuse was involved but the concept is similar.
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@felixmadison5736
8 months ago
Very cool video. As a combat army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, I have used grenades before. We knew about the timing system after you pulled the pin, but no one ever really explained exactly how it all came together to cause the explosion. The very first thing that surprised me about the hand grenade was how heavy it was.
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