U.S. Hand Grenade Effectiveness

[rexford]

Data from same source as that used in 76mm inferiority study shows following probability of hitting 6 square foot target with effective fragments:

10'-76%

20'-13%

30'-3.9%

40'-1.6%

50'-0.76%

60'-0.41%

70'-0.23%

80'-0.14%

90'-0.09%

100'-0.06%

Had always thought that standing 20' from a grenade explosion would be more dangerous, will have to play my Nintendo 64 GoldenEye some more to see how they model grenades.

Grenade throws out 158 effective fragments at 10' with initial velocity of 1800 f/s.