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This is how a grenade works. They are very simple and easy to understand.

1) First when you pull the pin you hold the handle. This delays the pin from striking the percussion cap. (you can hold it for as long as you want and it wont go off).

2) When you let go of the lever the pin strikes the percussion cap.

3) That sets off the chemical time delay.

4) It then hits the detonator which sets off the explosives.

I'm only 12 and I know this stuff! (by the way my dad has a PHD in history and both my parents are teachers!) Anyway hope this helps!

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A flashbang grenade, upon detonation, emits an extremely loud sound and a flash of light. The flash of light activates the photosensitive cells all at once for a moment of time, making vision impossible until the eye restores itself to an unstimulated state. This usually is experienced as a "pause" in vision, as though you were staring at a single image that was extremely blurry and over exposed, and lasts approximately five seconds. The extremely loud sound disturbs the fluid in the ear canals, causing temporary loss of hearing.

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This is how a grenade works. They are very simple and easy to understand.

1) First when you pull the pin you hold the handle. This delays the pin from striking the percussion cap. (you can hold it for as long as you want and it wont go off).

2) When you let go of the lever the pin strikes the percussion cap.

3) That sets off the chemical time delay.

4) It then hits the detonator which sets off the explosives.

I'm only 12 and I know this stuff! (by the way my dad has a PHD in history and both my parents are teachers!) Anyway hope this helps!

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smoke grenades work similarly to regular grenades, when you pull the pin, a small rope is lighted with a spark, when the spark reaches the end of the rope, a small explosive set's off and the grenade releases a cloud of smoke.

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The grenade is in two parts - a propellant and an explosive. When triggered, the propellant launches the grenade towards the target. On contact with the ground (or other object) the grenade detonates.

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When you pull the pin, a fuse ignites in the grenade and when the fuse gets to the end, a few seconds later, the grenade explodes.

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you have to pull the pin and throw then it will explode

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