How a Grenade Works

Published on Mar 9, 2007

Grenades are a devastatingly effective weapon on the battlefield. In the trench warfare of World War I, soldiers could use grenades to take out machine gunners without ever revealing themselves to the enemy.

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Find out what happens when a soldier pulls the pin and tosses one of these bombs at the enemy. Credits: , HowStuffWorks

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