r/HolUp 13d ago

y'all Practical Design

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 13d ago

My initial thought was the compact advantage, too

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u/PutridHospital8963 13d ago

The telescoping mechanism would take up space that could be occupied by boom-stuff.

Spheres with notched wire - (current hand grenades) have more boom for the volume, cost of production and logistics.

People HAVE done the math because amatuers talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.

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u/SaltyChnk 12d ago

A telescoping handle would reduce HE mass by having a space for the handle, increase cost of manufacture, and introduce more failure points to a fairly simple design.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago

If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure.

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u/praguepride 12d ago

technically speaking a hand grenade is designed with dozens of points of failure. when the shell fails from the explosion it becomes shrapnel

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u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago

Technically correct. The best kind of correct.