• brrt@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Ok, I know nothing about grenades but from what I’ve seen I imagine there’s a spring mechanism and that is clamping the pin down. So wouldn’t pressing down on the clamp make pulling the pin easy/easier?

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      2 months ago

      Ya, most grenades have a lever called a “spoon” that you press down that relieves some of the tension on the pin, and when you pull the pin and throw the grenade the spoon flies off and ignites the fuse.

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        2 months ago

        MYTH: It looks cool to spoon two grenades at once and watch the pieces fly off in slow motion.

        TRUTH: It looks very cool.

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          2 months ago

          Jake Sully did this in his Avatar body during the Assault on the Tree of Souls, after Turuk Maktow put him on top of Colonel Quaritch’s Dragon command craft.

          And yes: very, very cool.