19 Facts About Hand grenade

Aasen began his experiments with developing a Hand grenade while serving as a sergeant in the Oscarsborg Fortress.

Hand grenade had success in marketing his weapon to the French and was appointed as a Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 1916 for the invention.

The Italian Besozzi grenade had a five-second fuze with a match-tip that was ignited by striking on a ring on the soldier's hand.

The first modern fragmentation Hand grenade was the Mills bomb, which became available to British front-line troops in 1915.

At first, the Hand grenade was fitted with a seven-second fuze, but during combat in the Battle of France in 1940, this delay proved too long, giving defenders time to escape the explosion or to throw the Hand grenade back, so the delay was reduced to four seconds.

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F1 Hand grenade was first produced in limited quantities by France in May 1915.

The German Model 43 Hand grenade was a low-cost version introduced late in the war.

One model, the No 76 special incendiary Hand grenade, was mainly issued to the Home Guard as an anti-tank weapon.

High explosive or concussion Hand grenade is an anti-personnel device that is designed to damage, daze or otherwise stun its targets with overpressure shockwaves.

Stun Hand grenade, known as a flash Hand grenade or flashbang, is a non-lethal weapon.

Molotov cocktail is an improvised incendiary Hand grenade made with a glass bottle typically filled with gasoline, although sometimes another flammable liquid or mixture is used.

The clip was introduced in the M61 Hand grenade, and was then known as the "jungle clip" – it provides a backup for the safety pin, in case it is dislodged, eg.

The 2016 US ET-MP uses a user-settable timed electronic fuze, though neither the fuze nor Hand grenade have yet been accepted into service anywhere in the world.

Classic hand grenade design has a safety handle or lever and a removable safety pin that prevents the handle from being released: the safety lever is spring-loaded, and once the safety pin is removed, the lever will release and ignite the detonator, then fall off.

Some grenade types have a safety clip to prevent the handle from coming off in transit.

An alternative technique is to release the lever before throwing the Hand grenade, which allows the fuze to burn partially and decrease the time to detonation after throwing; this is referred to as cooking.

Nonetheless, cooking a Hand grenade and throwing one back is frequently seen in Hollywood films and video games.

Key concern is that the Hand grenade is picked up and thrown away or back at the thrower.

Alternatively, a voice alert can be given immediately after throwing the Hand grenade, shouting "frag out" ; this reduces or eliminates the element of surprise.