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KM-35 Anti-Personnel/Anti-Vehicular Fragmentation GrenadeRelated content
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looks like an old WW2 potato masher
the grenade
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I believe the stick grenades could be thrown further than an average ball/egg shaped one
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actually those have more a flashbang grenade shape
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M84s are cylindrical, with holes in them, but the frag grenades tend to be round or 'lemon' shaped etc depending on the model.
Old Soviet grenades had this look as well with the stick.
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i know what im talking about
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Okay, but I don't know why you're saying its a flashbang shape
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Yeah but, flashbangs don't have a stick Oo
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i know, i was just trying to help give a decription since i dont know model numbers
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Oh.
Well, this one is roughly based on a Model 24 stick grenade
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I bet there's a joke that the KM stands for "Kickass Much".
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Reminds me of the German potato masher grenades from the World Wars
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always wondered if those were ever like a mace in combat? sure it's not intended but you could easily club somebody.
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tie a bunch of these together like the original WWI stormtroopers did for use as democharges!
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30 steel fragments don't seem sufficient for an antipersonnel fragmentation grenade. As for defeating light armor, wouldn't it be better to [technobabble] the explosives upon detonation, so it may function as a shaped charge? Or will the [technobabble] render the grenade too expensive for general use?
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Each of the fragments is one of the little square panels, about 1.5-2cm square. As for an anti-tank purpose, I suppose if the top of the grenade were the point attracted, so that when it attaches the stick points straight out, it could then fire a shaped charge.
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Wikipedia, on the Mk 2 "pineapple" grenade ([link] ):
"The Mk II had grooves cast into the cast iron. This was ERRONEOUSLY believed at the time to aid in fragmentation but had the happy side benefit of aiding in gripping the grenade."
Wikipedia, on the M18 Claymore mine ([link] ):
"Given the requirements of weight and fragment density, approximately SEVEN HUNDRED fragments were needed, with the ability to aim the mine with an accuracy of around two feet (0.6 m) at the center of the target zone."
Emphasis mine.
For an antipersonnel grenade, 30 fragments aren't enough. Fortunately, that's easily solved: just erase the number from the description.
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Aaaaaah the good ol' Stahlingrenate...
but ENHANCED.
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