Thrown Ordnance

Question 1

How do you ID fragmentation grenades?

Answer 1

• serrated outer body or smooth outer body with serrated inner body or liner to enhance frag pattern
• crimp halfway on the body

Question 2

What are the fragmentation grenade safeties?

Answer 2

Thrown->hand grenade->
striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, 1hr WT
Pull friction fusing-HE, frag, move, 1hr WT
All way acting fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S

Question 3

How do you ID blast grenades?

Answer 3

• shapes vary but are generally cylindrical

- cardboard, plastic, or non-lethal frag producing material, used as a concussion type grenade

Question 4

What are the blast grenade safeties?

Answer 4

Thrown->hand grenade->

striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, 1hr WT

Question 5

How do you ID HEAT grenades?

Answer 5

• break in major diameter
• stabilization assembly may be a parachute, string or even boom
• May look like a soup can on a stick

Question 6

What are the HEAT grenade safeties?

Answer 6

Thrown->hand grenade->
PIBD-HE, frag, move, jet
BD-HE, frag, move, jet, C/S

Question 7

How do you ID burning smoke grenades?

Answer 7

• metal, plastic or rubber body
• shapes cylindrical to oval
• vent holes on top or bottom

Question 8

What are the burning smoke grenade safeties?

Answer 8

Thrown->hand grenade->
striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, fire, 1hr WT
pull friction fusing-HE, frag, move, fire, 1hr WT

Question 9

How do you ID bursting smoke?

Answer 9

• usually cylindrical

- may have a burster adapter where the fuse meets the grenade

Question 10

What are the bursting smoke safeties?

Answer 10

Thrown->hand grenade->

striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, fire, 1hr WT, WP

Question 11

How do you ID riot control grenades?

Answer 11

• usually cylindrical
• can be oval or round shape
• light metal, plastic or rubber
• may look like a smoke grenade, use color codes to ID

Question 12

What are the riot control grenade safeties?

Answer 12

Thrown->hand grenade->

striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, fire, 1hr WT, chem

Question 13

How do you ID incendiary grenades?

Answer 13

• body is sheet metal
• gray in color with purple markings and a single purple band
• under the standard color coding system, incendiary grenades are light red with black markings

Question 14

What are the incendiary grenade safeties?

Answer 14

Thrown->hand grenade->

striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, fire, 1hr WT

Question 15

How do you ID Illumination grenades?

Answer 15

• pressed together 2/3rds down on grenade
• body is sheet metal
• grenade is white with black markings; newer models are unpainted or OD black markings

Question 16

What are the illumination grenade safeties?

Answer 16

Thrown->hand grenade->

striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, 1hr WT, fire

Question 17

How do you ID practice grenades?

Answer 17

• body is steel sphere to aid in throwing

- may have vent holes

Question 18

What are the practice grenade safeties?

Answer 18

Thrown->hand grenade->
striker release fusing-HE, frag, move, C/S, 1hr WT
training/no fuse-none

Question 19

What hand grenades are only striker release?

Answer 19

• blast
• bursting smoke
• riot control
• illumination
• incendiary

Question 20

What are fragmentation hand grenade fuses?

Answer 20

• striker release
• pull friction
• all way acting

Question 21

What are HEAT hand grenade fuses?

Answer 21

• point initiating base detonating

- base detonating

Question 22

What are burning smoke hand grenade fuses?

Answer 22

• striker release

- pull friction

Question 23

What are practice hand grenade fuses?

Answer 23

• striker release

- none