How Do Grenades Work?

HOW GRENADES WORK Grenades have had a long history in warfare. All grenades are bombs et the most basic level but grenades do more specific short-range damage and ore designed so that multiple grenades can be carried by a single soldier. Here is a simple guide to understanding how these devices function. ORIGINAL GRENADES IN EUROPE (15TH/16TH CENTURY) A SOURCE OF SPARK OR FIRE WAS NEEDED. WICK WOULD BE LIT AND GRENADE THROWN. PACKED GUNPOWDER WOULD EXPLODE. METAL CANISTER WOULD FRAGMENT AND ACT AS SHRAPNEL. The unpredictoble noture of early grenades' FUSE LENGTH often Teft soldiers WITHOUT LIFE OR LIMB. As o result grenades were ABANDONED UNTIL WWI. IMPACT GRENADE (MOLOTOV COCKTAIL) (MODERN) A SOURCE OF SPARK OR FIRE IS NEEDED. RAG IS LIT AND THEN THE GRENADE IS THROWN. GLASS BOTTLE BREAKS UPON IMPACT. ALCOHOL OR GASOLINE IGNITES AND SPREADS. Impoct grenades can EASILY SET FIRE BEFORE they are thrown. They provide NO certain FUSE TIME. TIME-DELAY GRENADE (MODERN) THE SAFETY PIN IS PULLED. THE STRIKER LEVER FLIES UP RELEASING THE SPRING-DRIVEN STRIKER. THE STRIKER HITS THE PERCUSSION CAP THAT LIGHTS A SLOW-BURNING CHEMICAL FUSE. THE FUSE SETS OFF A DETONATOR, IGNITING THE GRENADE'S EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL. THE STEEL CASING FRAGMENTS AND IMBEDS IN EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. 00:05 If thrown TOO EARLY, time-delay grenades can be PICKED UP and THROWN BACK. GRENADE TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS ADVANCING AND DIGITAL ARE BEING PUT INTO PRODUCTION WHOSE TIMERS CAN BE SET TO SPECIFIC TIMES FOR BETTER ACCURACY. .DETONATORS SOURCE http://hclence.howstulfworka.com/grenede.htm