Subdeacon Joe Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 http://www.dailypundit.com/?p=71989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 The weapons instructor did a good job pushing the new recruit into the pit, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I think she needs to spend more time in gym class working on that upper body strength... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Some of the guys don't throw so good either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwBFepUkQms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I hated grenade training in basic, it's always a bad sign when the drill instructors stop yelling. It was also very disconcerting to see all the grenade fragment marks on the exterior window of the observation bunker the rest of us waited in while the drill instructor and the recruit were out there throwing the grenades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 That Chinese bunker looks like a death trap! Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Two Fingers Slim Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 As with all "grenade pits" they have a trench dug around the interior perimeter in order to "kick" the dropped frag into. This will direct the fragmantions (if this a word) upwards and should protect anyone lying prone. However it's loud as hell, and will cause a pucker factor of 10, even for those who do this training on a regular bases. I personaly loved throwing grenades. TFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Rebel, SASS# 58412 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 "Once the pin is pulled, Mr Hand Grenade is no longer your friend" From a US Army manual. (the one with the cartoons we had in Basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Boys, just take a close look at that video again. It looks to me like the DI's were actually grabbing her just before she threw the grenade and had a little head start toward the trench as soon as she let fly. Might just have been staged as a training film exercise. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Boys, just take a close look at that video again. It looks to me like the DI's were actually grabbing her just before she threw the grenade and had a little head start toward the trench as soon as she let fly. Might just have been staged as a training film exercise. Just sayin'. I'm thinking that they have had trainees fall into the pit because they get off balance and are always ready to grab. Watch the video of the guy, the DI sets himself, ready to pull the boot back and starts to reach for him before Mr. Grenade makes his return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I hated grenade training in basic, it's always a bad sign when the drill instructors stop yelling. It was also very disconcerting to see all the grenade fragment marks on the exterior window of the observation bunker the rest of us waited in while the drill instructor and the recruit were out there throwing the grenades. Not my favorite part of basic, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 In Vietnam, we had two kinds of Grenades, Football shaped and Baseball shaped. We would see if we could throw one so FAR..it would explode before it hit the ground. Fuses were somewhere around 3 1/2 to 5 seconds before the BOOM. Remembering how in High School, I could throw a softball 110 yards (yes 330 feet) I pulled the pin and chucked one as FAR as I could. KerPlush into the Rice Paddy, then BOOM! I grabbed another one an did it again, this time it went KaBoom in the air before hitting the Water. It was the round baseball type...more aerodynamic I guess...or a shorter Fuse. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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