Not going to happen except in the ultra-rarest of situations. Plus, while you're faffing about with that, whoever threw the grenade at you is still putting fire down on your position. I've seen some ill-advised suggestions to cover it with your helmet. Below are the remains of Medal of Honor winner Jason Dunham's helmet. While securing an insurgent he noticed that the insurgent dropped a grenade at his feet. He covered the grenade with his helmet and his own body.
Dunham died of his wounds. As you can see, the Kevlar threads are clearly visible, and the helmet, though ripped apart, is still in large chunks. Because the helmet covered the grenade, it collected the full force of ALL of the shrapnel even that which would have otherwise been directed away from him.
If the grenade had been on the ground next to him, this helmet would have been largely intact but he still would likely have been killed. What this illustrates is how important minimizing exposure, and maximizing cover are when dealing with a grenade.
Every bit of your body out of the potential blast cone, every bit of shrapnel that goes in a different direction from you, each little bit of that maximizes your chances of survival. Back in , when I was in Iraq, we were executing a cordon and search operation in Baghdad. There was one particular house that we had a pretty good idea had some insurgents in it.
I was outside, just down the block, when a team from our Bravo company went in to clear the house. They took fire immediately on entering the door, and someone from upstairs threw a Russian RGD-style grenade down the stairs.
Body is a steel sphere. Olive drab color with a single yellow band at the top. Fragments are from a serrated wire coil inside the grenade body. Weight is 14 ounces Fuse Delay: seconds Average soldier can throw it about 40 meters Killing radius: 5 meters Wounding radius: 15 meters Danger from stray fragments: meters M61 Fragmentation Grenade. Body is thin sheet metal. Weight is 16 ounces Fuse Delay: seconds Average soldier can throw it about 40 meters Killing radius: 5 meters Wounding radius: 15 meters Danger from stray fragments: meters M15 White Phosphorous Grenade.
Used for signaling, screening, and incendiary purposes. Body is sheet metal, contains 15 ounces of white phosphorous. Grey in color with a single yellow band. Total weight: 31 ounces. Fuse Delay: seconds Average soldier can throw the grenade 30 meters.
Bursting radius: 17 meters. All friendly personnel within this meter area should be in a covered position to avoid being struck by burning particles. WP filler burns for about 60 seconds at a temperature of 5, degrees,. Burns from the WP are treated in the usual way unless particles of WP are embedded in the skin. In that case, immerse the wound in water or pack with wet cloths to halt combustion. Then pick out or squeeze out the WP. The particles will reignite spontaneously if allowed to dry.
Apply copper sulphate solution to halt combustion of the WP particles. This permits them to be removed without igniting. Used to produce dense clouds of white smoke for signaling and screening. Body is a sheet steel cylinder, filled with HC smoke mixture. Light green body with white top. Weight: 24 ounces Fuze Delay: 1.
Emits a dense cloud of white smoke for to seconds. If damaged with exposure of the filler material, spontaneous ignition can occur, particularly in the present of moisture and air. Produces some hydrochloric acid fumes that can irritate the eyes, throat and lungs. For that reason, if used in a closed space, protective masks should be employed by friendly forces.
Treatment of symptoms involves immediate removal from the exposure, observation for delayed effects, and treatment of bronchospasm with vasodilators, steroids, and antibiotics long-term as indicated.
M18 Colored Smoke Grenade. Used as a ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling device, a target or landing zone marking device, or a screening device for unit movements. Body is a sheet metal cylinder with four emission holes at the top and one at the bottom to allow smoke release when ignited.
Olive drab body with top color-coded to indicate the color of smoke. Smoke may be red, green, yellow or violet. Weight: 19 ounces. Fuze Delay: 1. Average soldier can throw it 35 meters.
Produces a cloud of colored smoke for 50 to 90 seconds. Cannister becomes very hot when ignite and may set dry grass or brush on fire. Used to dispense CS gas for riot control. For this reason, soldiers must use impact grenades in certain situations.
An impact grenade explodes wherever it lands, so there is no chance for the enemy to throw it back. In the next section, we'll see how this sort of grenade works. Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close.
Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Prev NEXT. The proper way to throw a hand grenade: Depress the striker lever, pull the pin, hurl the grenade. Photo courtesy Department of Defense. With the pin removed, there is nothing holding the lever in position, which means there is nothing holding the spring-loaded striker up. The spring throws the striker down against the percussion cap.
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