So you find something that appears to be an explosive device. Dam!

[yeahbaby]

Sheriff: Grenade blast kills man, injures two teens in NW Indiana

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — A man is dead, and two of his children are in the hospital after a hand grenade exploded in their Lakes of the Four Seasons home Saturday, sheriff’s deputies said. Accordi…

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[littletommy]

Well, I know the first thing I would do if I found something that resembles a grenade is pull the pin. I mean, you gotta know if it’s real or not, right?

 

[BigRed]

Well, I know the first thing I would do if I found something that resembles a grenade is pull the pin. I mean, you gotta know if it’s real or not, right?

Not the first thing I would do.

 

[littletommy]

Not the first thing I would do.

C’mon man! Did I really need to use purple for that?

 

[radar8756]

I have seen several versions of Inert Grenade at gun shows - even on Amazon

 

[thompal]

I have seen several versions of Inert Grenade at gun shows - even on Amazon

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And never once have I thought "I need to pull that pin."

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

That sucks. You never know if the ordnance you find in grandpa's attic is live or inert. We get runs on found grenades pretty frequently. If they appear to be intact, we x-ray them to see if they still have the fuse and filler. Not ever having been in the military, I don't think I would pull the pin on a grenade that I found.

 

[Mgderf]

That sucks. You never know if the ordnance you find in grandpa's attic is live or inert. We get runs on found grenades pretty frequently. If they appear to be intact, we x-ray them to see if they still have the fuse and filler. Not ever having been in the military, I don't think I would pull the pin on a grenade that I found.

Having thrown a grenade or two, I would never even think about pulling the pin on one unless my life depended on doing so.

 

[Sylvain]

Anytime I dig a hole to plant a tree I'm thinking about the possibility of finding unexploded ordnance.
Living in a country where two world wars took place it's very common.
I think our bomb disposal squad find something like 400 tons of explosives each year.

Sometimes huge quantities at a time.
In this case over 120 bomb shells in somebody's yard right next to the house.

In 2019 over 600 grenades were found on a local beach, in like 3 days.

 

[Nazgul]

Ditto. They are impressive and spooky at the same time. I remember listening to the shrapnel whistle/rattle whenever they went off.

Don

 

[blain]

I guess it's too late to ask grandpa... "Why were you keeping a live grenade around the house?"

 

[Alamo]

Anytime I dig a hole to plant a tree I'm thinking about the possibility of finding unexploded ordnance.
Living in a country where two world wars took place it's very common.
I think our bomb disposal squad find something like 400 tons of explosives each year.

Sometimes huge quantities at a time.
In this case over 120 bomb shells in somebody's yard right next to the house.

In 2019 over 600 grenades were found on a local beach, in like 3 days.

At the base I was stationed at in Germany they advised that if you walked or jogged thru the woods stay on the trails, because there was likely unfound ordnance from WWII laying around in the bushes.

 

[klausm]

I guess it's too late to ask grandpa... "Why were you keeping a live grenade around the house?"

just in case I ever needed one

 

[MCgrease08]

And never once have I thought "I need to pull that pin."

I mean, I guess it depends on how much land you have.

 

[klausm]

when my best friend died his wife found one in his closet. I fastened it to a wood crate and ran a long rope. It went off quite nicely while I stayed behind a massive Sycamore tree. The bigger fear was it not going off.

 

[BE Mike]

This is not really shocking to me, as Americans become more urbanized and glued to high tech devices. Many have become detached from reality. What used to be common sense is not found among the younger generations.

 

[Ddillard]

That sucks. You never know if the ordnance you find in grandpa's attic is live or inert. We get runs on found grenades pretty frequently. If they appear to be intact, we x-ray them to see if they still have the fuse and filler. Not ever having been in the military, I don't think I would pull the pin on a grenade that I found.

Same here.

 

[femurphy77]

Well, I know the first thing I would do if I found something that resembles a grenade is pull the pin. I mean, you gotta know if it’s real or not, right?

Well yeah but the problem with that is that after you prove it still works it's kind of useless; DUH!

 

[femurphy77]

At the base I was stationed at in Germany they advised that if you walked or jogged thru the woods stay on the trails, because there was likely unfound ordnance from WWII laying around in the bushes.

When I was a kid living there in the early '70's they were constantly drilling this into our heads in school. Hell when they were digging the footers for a new gym at the junior high they dug up an old German bunker full of all kinds of cool stuff. The teachers confiscated it all because it was dangerous. I guess so but I've never seen a dagger, helmet or map case go off so I wouldn't be familiar with their explosive capabilities.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Anyone else remember the commercials back in the 60's warning of finding blasting caps?