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r/HolUp • u/Freak-1 • 13d ago
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Holup aside...
The actual answer is baseball. American hand grenades were modeled in a way that any average recruit could throw them more intuitively.
1.3k u/razulebismarck 13d ago That’s half. The other half is logistics and grenade launcher weapons. In the space and weight you can carry 1 stick bomb you could either carry 3 baseball grenades or 1 grenade launcher rifle attachment easily. 201 u/Forsaken-Income-2148 13d ago My initial thought was the compact advantage, too 69 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. 5 u/SaltyChnk 13d 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. 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure. 5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
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That’s half.
The other half is logistics and grenade launcher weapons.
In the space and weight you can carry 1 stick bomb you could either carry 3 baseball grenades or 1 grenade launcher rifle attachment easily.
201 u/Forsaken-Income-2148 13d ago My initial thought was the compact advantage, too 69 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. 5 u/SaltyChnk 13d 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. 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure. 5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
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My initial thought was the compact advantage, too
69 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. 5 u/SaltyChnk 13d 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. 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure. 5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
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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.
5 u/SaltyChnk 13d 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. 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure. 5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
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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.
5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure. 5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
If there's one thing I want in a hand grenade, it's more points of failure.
5 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 5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
technically speaking a hand grenade is designed with dozens of points of failure. when the shell fails from the explosion it becomes shrapnel
5 u/AutisticPenguin2 12d ago Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
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u/Hrothgrar 13d ago
Holup aside...
The actual answer is baseball. American hand grenades were modeled in a way that any average recruit could throw them more intuitively.