How does a grenade work?

[GunnyGene]

A police officer and a couple other folks in the courtroom found out the hard way. :roll:

Three people were injured in an explosion in a Pakistan court after the judge asked a police officer to explain how a grenade works.

Instead of simply telling the court how the weapon functions, the constable produced a live grenade and pulled out the pin, resulting in a “loud explosion”.

Pakistan Daily reports the constable and court clerk were among the injured in the blast, which took place in courtroom-III of Karachi’s Anti-Terrorism Court. The men were taken to a nearby hospital for first aid, but are expected to recover.

The explosion prompted police and paramilitary forces to surround the court, fearing a terrorist attack, and the country’s security forces were put on high alert.

The officer, from the Sindh Police Department’s Kalakot station, had been holding a grenade from a weapons stash allegedly belonging to the defendant. Usually such devices are deactivated before being taken into court, but an administrative error resulted in live weapons being used as evidence.

Authorities say the police officer will be severely punished once he recovers from his injuries.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/12/police-officer-shows-judge-grenade-works-court-three-injured/

 

[Busterswoodshop]

" Severely punished "
Are they going to stone him or chop his head off.

 

[Pat-inCO]

DANG! Another attempt at a Darwin,
that only netted an honorable(?) mention.

 

[JFB]

"I'm the only one in this room professional enough…"

 

[wwb]

A police officer and a couple other folks in the courtroom found out the hard way. :roll:

......Pakistan Daily reports the constable and court clerk were among the injured in the blast, which took place in courtroom-III of Karachi’s Anti-Terrorism Court. The men were taken to a nearby hospital for first aid, but are expected to recover......

Couldn't have been much of a grenade. No fatalities when it went off in a closed room?

 

[gramps]

A police officer and a couple other folks in the courtroom found out the hard way. :roll:

......Pakistan Daily reports the constable and court clerk were among the injured in the blast, which took place in courtroom-III of Karachi’s Anti-Terrorism Court. The men were taken to a nearby hospital for first aid, but are expected to recover......

Couldn't have been much of a grenade. No fatalities when it went off in a closed room?

Bingo!!! My thought also! Maybe it was a "practice grenade"? :mrgreen:
gramps

 

[Don Lovel]

A buddy of mine who was in Iraq in Hut with the Marines for two tours said one of the things people do not realize with groups like AL Q and Is. The "idiots with explosives" factor. He said in one week they found 35 different guys who had either blown themselves up with mortars, grenades or RPG backblast or self inflicted gunshot wounds or weapon malfunction/brainfart episodes. My buddy said, "hell if we just give these guys some defective old ordinance they will weed themselves out pretty quick"

 

[gramps]

A buddy of mine who was in Iraq in Hut with the Marines for two tours said one of the things people do not realize with groups like AL Q and Is. The "idiots with explosives" factor. He said in one week they found 35 different guys who had either blown themselves up with mortars, grenades or RPG backblast or self inflicted gunshot wounds or weapon malfunction/brainfart episodes. My buddy said, "hell if we just give these guys some defective old ordinance they will weed themselves out pretty quick"

Oh goody, let's buy up old ordinances from South American countries, and scattered it around the desert! :mrgreen:
gramps

 

[GP100]

How does a grenade work?

Usually very well.. :shock:

 

[Pat-inCO]

Oh goody, let's buy up old ordinances from South American countries,
and scattered it around the desert!

I was thinking more like get some information into their training camps
telling them that to "graduate" from training they had to show success
with a bomb vest, and that classmates must be close by. :shock:

NAH! Wouldn't work. It would be too easy. :roll:

 

[toysoldier]

It was probably an "offensive" grenade, just about all blast and no frag.

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mk3a2.htm

 

[NixieTube]

Ugh. I hate reading things like this.

 

[Bob Wright]

"Ordinances" can explode?

Bob Wright

 

[gramps]

"Ordinances" can explode?

Bob Wright

Yeah, you should be around when some of them are passed :mrgreen: :wink:
gramps

 

[Bob Wright]

"Ordinances" can explode?

Bob Wright

Yeah, you should be around when some of them are passed :mrgreen: :wink:
gramps

Well, I knew full well they often backfired.

Bob Wright

 

[contender]

Gee, some of these responses are getting blown out of proportion.

 

[graygun]

concussion grenade ??

 

[blume357]

Not an expert, but does not "pulling the pin" just allow the handle to be released that then fires the primer that lights the fuse that sets the explosive off about 3-4 seconds later?

 

[GunnyGene]

Not an expert, but does not "pulling the pin" just allow the handle to be released that then fires the primer that lights the fuse that sets the explosive off about 3-4 seconds later?

You're thinking of a US made grenade. I think the one in the courtroom was probably a Paki designed and manufactured grenade which most likely had a different mechanism. Might even have been a homemade gunpowder one, which would account for the apparent low explosive power.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Gee, some of these responses are getting blown out of proportion.

I was looking for some EXPLOSIVE comments !!

 

[Ka6otm]

"I'm the only one in this room professional enough…"

My first thought also.

 

[Critch]

I spent many years working with various explosives in the Air Force, the one thing I really didn't like was grenades...They are pretty much guaranteed to go off if the guy next to you does something stupid...whether you like or not...

 

[exavid]

concussion grenade ??

Nah, it was a conclusion grenade.

 

[blume357]

This all reminds me of a guy in my father's recon platoon in Korea... I recall his name as 'Spider' Martin. Seems at reunions his complaint about their time there was that he never got the Congressional Medal of Honor... all because of cheap Chinese grenades ... seems one dropped into a fox hole with him and several of the others guys and he covered it to save the others and it was a dud.... just before he died he was issued a silver star.

 

[Ka6otm]

Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

 

[eveled]

I heard there was evidence all over the court room.

 

[Don Lovel]

Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

That was the most reliable info concerning grenades I ever received

 

[GP100]

Gee, some of these responses are getting blown out of proportion.

I was looking for some EXPLOSIVE comments !!

I think these comments are a BLAST..

 

[Selena]

Just to be the voice of reason- ( a role I am completely unqualified for) - could it be that the reporter for some reason didn't want to ( or didn't know how to ) ID the device correctly? Could it have been something in the order of a suicide vest or an explosive booby trap rather than a military grenade or Mills bomb? Or possibly whoever translated from the native tongue to English felt "grenade" was easier than an accurate description of the device? Doesn't the fact the guy holding the thing when it went off being expected to recover enough to go back to work to receive discipline for a foolish act speak more for the less than military grade construction of the device? For all we know it might have been a firecracker with a friction fuse and "grenade" made better copy.

 

[graygun]

Maintaining your grip pressure,the pin can be reinserted. (delayed throws,some booby traps etc,pin is out)