Mar 19 2010They're Not Magic?!: How Grenades Work

This is a little informational graphic explaining how grenades work. And don't worry -- you're not the only one who thought there was an explosive genie trapped inside. I'm right here with you. Which reminds me, did I ever tell you about the time a group of ruthless terrorists lobbed a Molotov cocktail at me? I caught it, pulled the flaming rag out and chugged that shit like grape soda. Just sayin', you ever seen terrorists cry? I have.
How Grenades Work [gizmodo]
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Reader Comments
1. blueZorro - March 19, 2010 1:11 PM
BOOM! Hehehe.
2. Brrrrian - March 19, 2010 1:12 PM
Grape Drink!
3. om3ga - March 19, 2010 1:12 PM
CHEERS GW!!!
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4. om3ga - March 19, 2010 1:13 PM
don't forget to consult your field manuals for how to make sticky bombs you little pricks !
5. Richard McBeef - March 19, 2010 1:13 PM
so the GW likes grape soda?
6. thatguy344 - March 19, 2010 1:15 PM
i love me explosive little balls
7. Nordane - March 19, 2010 1:18 PM
Check out foxnews - http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/19/indian-army-unveils-blinding-chili-grenade/?test=latestnews
India has unveiled the latest hot new weapon -- a grenade made using the world's hottest chili, reported The Sun on Friday.
At more than a thousand times stronger than the average cooking spice the bhut jolokia chili is set to cause a potent explosion on more than just the taste buds.
Military experts in India have developed the new crowd control grenade packed with ground seeds from the chili -- which is officially recognized as the hottest on the planet by Guinness World Records.
When deployed the grenade showers the targets with a dust so spicy that in trials subjects were blinded for hours and left with breathing problems. Lead scientist R.B. Srivastava, from India's Defense Research and Development Organisation, said: "The chilli grenade is a non-toxic weapon and when used would force a terrorist to come out of his hideout.
"The effect is so pungent that it would literally choke them."
The hotness of the bhut jolokia, which is native to Assam, in north-east India, is measured in Scoville heat units and comes in at a massive 1,001,304 -- that is nearly twice as hot as Mexico's red savina that used to hold the record at 577,000.
The average jalapeno measures at about 10,000.
Researchers in India have also come up with some other ingenious uses for the chili.
The scientist said: "There are other applications as well, what we call women power. A specially made chili powder could act as a tool for women to keep away anti-socials and work in this regard is also on."
The department have come up with another plan to rub the chili powder on the fences around army barracks. And Mr Srivastava said: "The chili paste could also act as a major repellent against wild elephants.
8. naas - March 19, 2010 1:25 PM
grape soda!!!
Did anyone read @7 and ifso, is it worth the time?
9. Richard McBeef - March 19, 2010 1:27 PM
itsmejOpa - i am swimming through the internet to your terminal and will shit hard in your mouth.
10. UnpaidParkingTickets - March 19, 2010 1:29 PM
@7 Thank you. Starting tomorrow I will begin my quest to tame this chili in my stomach.
@8 You should be banned from the internets.
11. blueZorro - March 19, 2010 1:38 PM
Hmm...so I could wright a novel in the comment box.
12. Closet Nerd - March 19, 2010 1:46 PM
@naas I read it. Its pretty interesting. It talks about how India just developed a 'spice bomb' that is sooooooooo hot. Pretty intersting
13. Truk - March 19, 2010 1:50 PM
@^ yeah, I'd say with the exception of #7's info, this is the most "DUH!" post I've ever seen on Geekologie. These infographics are seriously lame.
14. X6Gothic6Chik6X - March 19, 2010 1:52 PM
@7
Win.
15. nfo - March 19, 2010 2:00 PM
Let us read from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, verses 9-21. "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
16. Closet Nerd - March 19, 2010 2:00 PM
@ itsmejOpa
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I'll fuckin, slide you down a rusty razor-blade into a pool of alcohol....
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17. naas - March 19, 2010 2:05 PM
GIGASCHWARTZ
18. monster - March 19, 2010 2:11 PM
@7 OLD.
and GW seriously needs to get some spam filters up in here
19. UnpaidParkingTickets - March 19, 2010 2:40 PM
@19 Ha!
20. UnpaidParkingTickets - March 19, 2010 2:41 PM
@22 Ha!
21. Daisy - March 19, 2010 4:30 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene int he movie Never Back Down where Max punishes a guy by putting a grenade in his mouth and pulling the pin.
22. L - March 19, 2010 7:59 PM
THANK YOU for drop kicking "itsmejOpa" lame ass post outta here!
23. louis vitton - March 20, 2010 2:15 AM
THANK YOU f
24. Graham - March 20, 2010 10:55 PM
grenades were actually commonly used throughout history from the 15th century on. Very common in Napoleonic warfare.. that where "grenadier" units come from... FACT CHECKED!!!
25. CaylePhotography - March 21, 2010 2:53 AM
yea so great graphic however epic Fail ;( The original Gernado where made of clay and filled with black powder the fuse was not added till a little later first came the wick! A piece of wood or cord with a piece of cloth on top coated in wax. you would light the wick and throw it at whatever you wanted to hurt/possibly kill. The clay would smash thus exposing the black powder to the flame and boom.......it would not always kill your enemy but would stun or hurt them so you could make quick work of them.
26. citrus - March 21, 2010 5:24 PM
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