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Bet you it was inert. Probably someone bought it surplus.
The color and markings suggest is wasn't inert.
It may have been a dud, but not inert.
Practice grenades are blue in color with the hole in the bottom.Could have been a practice grenade, in there were a hole in the bottom. I've found them at yard sales, and always look there, first.
I have as well but they are not all painted blue. You can buy green ones on line.Practice grenades are blue in color with the hole in the bottom.
I've thrown many of them.
Jeeze, the article says that it was live and they detonated it on site.
weak sauce
meanwhile on potato field in Ukraine:
There are special forces and "special" forces...Pin pulled, handle gone, and even I can see that the little flapper thingy has come around and hid the detonator. So either it's a long time ago dud or it was an inert the whole time. Probably the latter. Regardless, what's the big deal, drop it back in and walk away. And dad was special forces and couldn't tell this? I'm thinking not so special.
Absolutely not... but we're talking God here. God could make it happen. I didn't mention anything about a magnet anyway.
weak sauce
meanwhile on potato field in Ukraine:
weak sauce
meanwhile on potato field in Ukraine:
And after the movies and the practice grenades I was shocked as $#1+ when we went to use the real ones. We were around the back of a hill, and the ground was shaking. I asked the Drill Sergeant if it was artillery. He said "No, Private. That's just grenades". After that, I didn't want to walk around the hill and actually use one of those things. Especially since it was heavier than any of the practice ones or dummy ones, and we were expected to throw it 35 meters.Sigh.
Looks like old dad is very special forces. Grenades are the most disappointing things I’ve ever fired. Totally unimpressed after seeing their power in movies.
I have as well but they are not all painted blue. You can buy green ones on line.
Yup, you used to be able to buy the green ones surplus from the army navy store as well. They're not all blue.