The Mk 40 kills or otherwise incapacitates the target by creating a lethal shockwave underwater. In addition to on-land use, they have been used as an anti-personnel depth charge around watercraft-and some, such as the US Mk 40 concussion grenade, are specifically designed for use against enemy divers and frogmen. In the case of the US Mk3A2, the casualty radius is published as 2 meters (6–7 feet) in open areas, but fragments and bits of fuse may be projected as far as 200 meters from the detonation point. The concussion effect, rather than any expelled fragments, is the effective killer. These grenades are usually classed as offensive weapons, because the small effective casualty radius is much less than the distance it can be thrown. Compared to fragmentation grenades, the explosive filler is usually of a greater weight and volume, and the case is much thinner - the US MK3A2 concussion grenade, for example, has a body of fiber (similar to the packing container for the fragmentation grenade.) The concussion grenade is an anti-personnel device that is designed to damage its target with explosive power alone. US sailor undergoing grenadier certification with a concussion grenade Modern fragmentation grenades such as the United States M67 grenade have a wounding radius of 15 m (half that of older style grenades, which can still be encountered) and can be thrown about 40 m.
in a slit trench or behind a suitable wall,) and have an effective radius greater than the distance it can be thrown, while the latter are for assaulting troops and have a smaller effective fragmentation radius. When the word grenade is used without specification, and context does not suggest otherwise, it is generally assumed to refer to a fragmentation grenade.Īnti-personnel fragmentation grenades can be divided into two main types, defensive and offensive, where the former are designed to be used from a position of cover, (e.g. Most AP grenades are designed to detonate either after a time delay or on impact. The pre-formed fragmentation may be spherical, cuboid, wire or notched wire. The body is generally made of a hard synthetic material or steel, which will provide some fragmentation as shards and splinters, though in modern grenades a pre-formed fragmentation matrix is often used.
Grenade types Explosive Anti-personnel fragmentation grenades Īnti-personnel fragmentation grenades are weapons that are designed to disperse lethal fragments upon detonation. It is likely derived from Old French pomegranate (influenced by Spanish granada), so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarity of shape. Its first usage in English dates from the 1590s. The word "grenade" derives from the French word for a "small explosive shell".
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