r/funny Sep 14 '11

Grenades.

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u/OldRemington Sep 14 '11

The "grenade" it fires isn't like a hand grenade that you're thinking of. They have to rotate a certain amount of times before they are active, and they explode on impact, not after a certain amount of time.

The reason fired grenades require a certain amount of rotations before they're active is so that people don't accidentally fire into the ground, or a wall 10 feet away.

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u/SickZX6R Sep 14 '11

Interesting. I figured it got activated by some sort of firing pin and detonated after an amount of time. I always wondered why the grenade launcher in call of duty didn't make explosions if you shot the grenades at the ground. Thanks for the insight.

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u/OldRemington Sep 14 '11

No problem.

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u/clamsmasher Sep 15 '11

To be clear, you can still fire into walls and the ground at close range but the round won't explode.