Gork@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoQuite an explosive finishfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down14
arrow-up1538arrow-down1imageQuite an explosive finishfiles.catbox.moeGork@lemm.ee to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThe fun part is they used to be shipped without the ignitor installed so a lot of the duds were simply because people didn’t follow instructions and didn’t grab the little tin filled with ignitors.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agosoviet pattern grenades are shipped disassembled even today, but it’s kinda harder to miss that you don’t have the entire pin and spoon mechanism
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoYep, with potato mashers they were inside and hidden. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stielhandgranate_24_Translated.png#mw-jump-to-license
The fun part is they used to be shipped without the ignitor installed so a lot of the duds were simply because people didn’t follow instructions and didn’t grab the little tin filled with ignitors.
soviet pattern grenades are shipped disassembled even today, but it’s kinda harder to miss that you don’t have the entire pin and spoon mechanism
Yep, with potato mashers they were inside and hidden.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stielhandgranate_24_Translated.png#mw-jump-to-license