Comment on Anon misses the classic design

Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wonder if anyone in the military has used a sling to launch a grenade.

  You’d want a longer fuse though…

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    According to wikipedia, the International Brigades used slings to hurl grenades during the Spanish American War. I’ve heard tell of Ethiopian troops using slings to launch grenades as recently as World War I, but can’t find a source.

    And I know people have launched molotovs from slings, which are larger and more unwieldy, unless we’re talking about the German example above with a handle.

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  • raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Grenades are used at closer and more hectic ranges that most people realize, so it’s often much faster to just throw it instead of having to prepare some sort of implement to increase range.

    There have been instances of things being used, like slings, slingshots and even devices similar to those things you use to throw tennis balls for dogs. But at the end of the day, the increased range is rarely worth the extra time. You would only get an advantage as an opening attack from a longer distance. And for that we already have underslung grenade launchers on weapons, or mortars from much further out.

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I feel like the ultimate ‘stick’ you can attach to a grenade these days is a drone. But yeah, agreed in general

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      • raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh yeah, that is by far the best device used these days. Although that has little to do with grenades per se, since they can use all kinds of different explosive devices.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Grenades are mostly used at closer and more hectic ranges, so it’s often much faster to just throw it instead of having to prepare some sort of implement to increase range.

      Hand grenades, sure. There’s a reason we have grenade launchers though. They can fire several hundred meters. With that said, is there really a need for a sling? I could see gorilla forces making good use of them, as they’d be silent, cheap, portable, and a lot easier to hide. Conventional forces have no need though because either you’re close enough for a hand grenade (there are different types, some are thrown further and some not), or you have grenade launchers available to hit the further away.

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      • MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Gorillas got grenades guys.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They used slingshots during WW1, it wasn’t great

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How much damage would a trebuchet grenade do?

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      • tankfox@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        a trebuchet could throw 300 grenades up to 300 meters

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or a cistera 😀

    Dungeon Crawler Carl Style

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sling staff to launch grenades?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Just connect the pin to the sling so it slides out as you launch it. It has the small side effect of maybe getting stuck, but hey, nothing is perfect.

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  • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    just grab a dog ball throwing stick

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I was going to mention those at first, but who hasn’t had a throw go wild with one of them?

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s easier to pack and ship cylinders than it is to ship oblong spheroids.

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  • regdog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You only look at the complexity of the shapes and ignore the total volume used

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s probably partly why the new modular grenade is a cylinder, but that’s worse for a frag grenade.

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