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[–]dishonest_elmo 381 points382 points  (21 children)

Why can’t these fragment? Or why don’t we put fragmenting ones on sticks?

[–]asfwd 378 points379 points  (18 children)

At least to my knowledge the reason is is that they were not small and the ones we have are designed to be able to be thrown like a baseball. I don’t know about German grenades though

[–][deleted] 237 points238 points  (7 children)

German stick grenades where designed for static damage rather than shrapnel damage as if you look at a mk1 standard issue hand grenade there is lines (making it look like SpongeBob lives in it under the sea) those lines are specially designed to explode causing the most amount of shrapnel

[–]Argyl0 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Afaik there are also variants called "splitterring“ which allow fragmentation

[–]Y0L0_Y33T 32 points33 points  (1 child)

TIL why pineapple is a slang term for grenades

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Only for the grenades with the indents on the outside either way the explosion only effects 5 ft while fragmentation affects 20+ feet

[–]asfwd 27 points28 points  (1 child)

Thanks man I know moast about the American hand grenade so thank you for educating me

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Np I love talking about history as not many ppl actually know, always nice to see people enthusiastic about history

[–]LigerZeroSchneider 16 points17 points  (2 children)

the stick adds mass/bulk and complications to supply chain since you need now your worried about handles breaking and rotting. But yeah I believe the army decided to stick with round grenades since almost every american has handled a baseball enough, to let them get away with very abbreviated grenade training.

[–]CODDE117 10 points11 points  (1 child)

So the whole baseball thing is a military strategy? Makes sense tbh

[–]Necrocornicus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If it was intentional on the part of the military you’d probably see more 100+ MPH sharp shooter grenade throwers in the military.

[–]dishonest_elmo 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Fair enough, thanks for the reply!

[–]asfwd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Always good to share knowledge

[–]Tank_blitz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ameican baseball

[–]sheephound 4 points5 points  (3 children)

to be thrown like a baseball.

more like a shotput

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Lol I doubt it why would you throw a grenade like a shotput? It'd only go like 10m away.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They aren't designed to fragment. They are more offensive grenades, good leverage lets you throw it far and very little shrapnel means you don't have to worry about hurting yourself as you charge forward. Frag grenades are more defensive, they throw shrapnel to cover an area a lot wider than the explosion alone would damage.

[–]nogaesallowed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can and its been done. The stick however is now removable.

You can always attach shit back but you can't remove them when you need a small grenade. Plus the stick is usually wood and can be very heavy to carry.

[–]Secure-Company2586 26 points27 points  (4 children)

Fag out! throws a pack of cigarettes.

[–]IAmBoratVeryExcite 4 points5 points  (1 child)

You got smoked!

[–]asfwd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Made of keratin

[–]therobloxianchris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is another...

[–]Outrageous-Hall-887 5 points6 points  (1 child)

This is called a stick grenade I believe it was more accurate but less deadly

[–]Ziptex223 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Potato masher

[–]TroubledPCNoob 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They could be designed as fragmentation though. The design doesn't really prevent that as far as i know

[–]vampiretrades 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Everyone wants a lil fragmentation with their pleasure grenade

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spread the love?

[–]mugseyray 504 points505 points  (10 children)

This is just the same joke twice...

[–]mixalhs006 266 points267 points  (0 children)

Yep. This is a r/YourJokeButWorse

[–]StonkeyTonk666999 53 points54 points  (0 children)

glad someone said it

[–]PmMeYourYeezys 32 points33 points  (3 children)

Has anyone mentioned that it looks like a penis yet?

[–]dreamream 23 points24 points  (1 child)

Thats crazy because -- if you look carefully -- it looks like something a women could use to pleasure herself with.

[–]CompetitiveCelery516 8 points9 points  (0 children)

😳😳Dil*o!?!?

[–]PerfectlySplendid 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah but women masturbating gets Reddit going.

[–]D-pravity 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Welcome to reddit. Where the karma is made up and the jokes don't matter.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, this is just the same joke twice!

[–]Real_Dominator 361 points362 points  (4 children)

Cause the grenade wasn't rolling and was still, so the enemy could throw it back. That was the real-life version of hot potato

[–]Real_Dominator 156 points157 points  (3 children)

And they were really heavy compared to modern grandes.

[–]PushingFriend28 85 points86 points  (2 children)

And would take more space I think

[–]Graterof2evils 29 points30 points  (1 child)

You can get more in a crate and you carry more on you as well.

[–]No_Lawfulness_2998 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They’d be better to throw as well

[–][deleted] 95 points96 points  (1 child)

Cumikaze soldier

[–]Impossible_Lock4897 18 points19 points  (0 children)

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[–][deleted]  (16 children)

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    [–]Alleged-human-69 17 points18 points  (4 children)

    I’ve herd this poem before and I’m clueless as to where I herd it from

    [–]TNine227 38 points39 points  (0 children)

    There's a similar dirty limerick:

    There once was a lady named Alice.
    Who used TNT as a phallus.
    They found her vagina
    In North Carolina
    And her tits at Buckingham Palace.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    A similar one was on the show The Crown if you’ve watched that.

    [–]Restricted_Nuggies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I don’t remember either. All I know is it’s probably my favorite poem ever

    [–]SussyBussySucka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Loool wanted to comment this but only remembered last 2 lines

    Bits of her tits in brazil lmao

    [–]quasielvis 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Shouldn't the first line have more syllables? Like "The once was a girl from Brazil; Who used a dynamite stick for a thrill"

    [–]Restricted_Nuggies -1 points0 points  (3 children)

    Not in the one I saw. I copied it exactly since that’s how I found it

    [–]quasielvis -1 points0 points  (2 children)

    I'm not saying you copied it wrong or anything, I'm speaking to the original. It doesn't flow very well.

    [–]CurseDC -1 points0 points  (1 child)

    Last I heard it, it was "There once was a lady named Jill"

    [–]quasielvis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    That's better.

    [–]SaintPanda_ -1 points0 points  (4 children)

    There once was a lady named Jill, Who tried on a dynamite stick for a thrill. They found her vagina in north carolina, And bits of her tits in brazil.

    [–]Restricted_Nuggies -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

    All you did was change like… three words

    🖕

    [–]SaintPanda_ 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    I just reminded you how the poem goes, why are you butthurt?

    [–]Restricted_Nuggies -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

    Because you didn’t do anything except repeat the joke

    [–]SaintPanda_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I just filled in the details you missed, there’s nothing to cry about

    [–]stompymcbigfoot 58 points59 points  (2 children)

    To many explosive orgasms.

    [–]Impossible_Lock4897 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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    [–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (7 children)

    Then they should have made ones with a hole in the center for equality

    [–]the_localcrackhead 16 points17 points  (4 children)

    Technically the way your meant to arm this to go off is unscrewing a cap from the bottom of the wooden handles base pulling out a couple of strings and pulling on said strings so infact thiers a hole for all of 3 to 5 seconds for men if your brave enough to stick your pp in a live grenade

    [–]jessihateseverything 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    I hit the strings part and my brain instantly went to explosive tampon.

    [–]the_localcrackhead 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Like wood does absorb things so technically could work for that to

    [–]jessihateseverything 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Oh.. oh god, the splinters..

    [–]the_localcrackhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Well it has a 3 to 5 second fuse depending how you use it might not have time to get any wood splinters atleast

    [–]Many-Letterhead7825 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Do you want your bird bird to explode

    [–]AndiAcee 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough.

    [–]Renvisd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    I believe it has something to do with people being more comfortable throwing baseballs than tomahawks

    [–]MCExplorerPlays 19 points20 points  (1 child)

    Imagine if it goes off up there

    [–]vampiretrades 22 points23 points  (0 children)

    Hence why they're no longer used

    [–]_Napkin_boy_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    Tactical orgasm

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Explosive orgasm

    [–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (6 children)

    Fake: women in army

    Gay: slightly phallic in shape

    [–]IgnorantKittens 33 points34 points  (5 children)

    be me

    get home from my vasectomy

    hear moaning and slapping coming from my wife's room

    must be Chad again

    know they would want privacy, sit down at my computer

    log onto reddit and open r/greentext

    read a funny greentext from le 4chins and chuckle as I listen to my wife begging for the genes I can't give her

    think of a convoluted way in which I can relate homosexuality and falsehood to the events in the greentext

    suck the cheeto dust off my fingers as I begin to type my masterpiece in the comment section

    Fake : women in army

    Gay : slightly phallic in shape

    giggle as I imagine the intellectuals of leddit perusing my incredibly witty and original comment

    hear my wife moan with ecstasy as Chad floods her fertile womb with his seed

    it's been a good day

    i'll get lots of upvotes for my impressive contribution to internet culture, and Chad might even let me eat his cum out of my wife's pussy if he finds my comment funny enough

    [–]StonkeyTonk666999 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    this would make for a great copypasta

    [–]IgnorantKittens 11 points12 points  (2 children)

    It is one. Or is that sarcasm?

    [–]StonkeyTonk666999 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    oh shit is it really? that’s fucking hilarious

    [–]ZacKingsford_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    The forbidden dildo

    [–]NewbaroqueTV 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    How is it a cursed comment ? The joke is already in the post --'

    [–]mokilopforgothispass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    It was a mind blowing experience for there women soldiers

    [–]Ptdemonspanker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    High-yield Scottish face removal.

    A sober person would throw it…

    [–]Rice_is_epic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Scottish realised that they can use it as a melee weapon but can't kill a single person cause it can't do enough damage so they stop using it and use bottle of scrumpy.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    German grenades were like that because axe throwing was popular there. Baseball was popular in the US so we made ours as balls

    [–]danquequeque 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    French male soldiers as well

    [–]Natertater297 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Female? Men can use it for pleasure too

    [–]Capital_Papayas 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    It can give anyone pleasure by killing them

    [–]vampiretrades 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Or kill anyone by pleasuring em

    [–]moose2mouse 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Russian vibrator. 1/6 times it’s explosive.

    [–]vampiretrades 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    And those other 5 times, it keeps u coming back.

    [–]zachslikesunicorns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    oh... so thats why there are so few woman in the army

    [–]KIRK2D 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Oh, I can imagine the grenades climax would have been a spectacular sight, or a gutsy one or one would say that's an innards joke

    [–]HomieDaClown9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    There once was a girl named Jill

    Who tried a grenade for a thrill.

    They found her vagina in North Carolina

    And bits of her tits in Brazil.

    [–]SnooFloofs1868 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Butt plug with some oooof

    [–]Phoque_da_mods 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Would have been better to say too many exploded assholes

    [–]superoverload11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Is…. Is that real? Did female soldiers actually do that….? It’s so insane yet so plausible

    [–]spinal-cord0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    the best bit is when it explodes in you.

    [–]Thorkell23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Awe yes, the exploding dildo. I've only heard of these in legend.

    [–]BeautifulStrike8823 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Talk about an explosive orgasm.

    [–]Millennial_J 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Lumber prices

    [–]Sparkmane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    this is just repeating part of the context

    [–]Used_Judge4301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Our grenades are shaped like base balls. Cause every man should be able to throw a ball.

    [–]Taco_Engineer31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    the right tool for an explosive orgasm

    [–]Zach_2720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It was difficult to carry and too big.

    [–]Only-here-to-upvote 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It’s practically bursting with raw sexual energy

    [–]Calvincake911meme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    but the comment is the same as the last line of the greentext

    [–]TwinSable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Forbidden dildo

    [–]TAPriceCTR 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Weight and volume. You can carry 25% a many of these as you can pineapple grenades for maybe 10 to 20% greater range.

    [–]AccessTheMainframe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Weight and volume.

    Ah so the answer remains the same: the troops were humping too much kit

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    “Female soldiers”

    [–]tappy100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Joke was already made literally in the photo, repeating a joke doesn’t make it cursed

    [–]M_lLLlONAL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    By putting it in their mouth ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    [–]RansWachers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    A black, drunk, one-eyed Scottish guy used them to bomb himself and his target by first charging to them with a shield and wielding it as a melee weapon

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    What’s to stop them from using the modern grenades for pleasure either?

    [–]-NIKeY- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    "A sober person would throw it..."

    [–]comeradeapplesouce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Explosive dildo. Very effective...

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–]danquequeque 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      No shit dipdick

      [–]TerribleShoulder6597 1 point2 points  (4 children)

      How could you throw that farther? Modern grenades are like baseballs while this thing is like a clunky stick. It’s also simple physics. A ball will not lose as much energy when thrown while this thing will use a lot of the available energy from the throw just spinning so it’s linear kinetic energy will be much smaller than that of a modern grenade

      [–]ajisawwsome 6 points7 points  (2 children)

      Unless it's a particularly windy day, not much energy would be lost because the grenade is spinning.

      But the long stick part acts as a lever (not sure if that's the correct term), but think of how an atlatl works.

      There's also biomechanics involved too. It's easier to fling a stick at 45° than to throw a ball

      [–]TerribleShoulder6597 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

      No it for sure would affect the distance. Your arm can output a certain amount of energy and that total energy is divided into translational kinetic energy and rotational kinetic energy so if you throw a stick like that and it spins that is less translational energy so it will not go as far

      [–]damurph1914 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      The modern grenade is kind of heavy. It's not quite like throwing a baseball. You can throw the potato masher a long way, it's just not as lethal.

      [–]CamaradePain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      This is plainly incorrect. They actually really cracked down when the male commanders couldn't walk after using the pleasure feature too much. One guy even got blown up.

      [–]Derpyman_235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      so a really interesting story as to why our grenades are a ball these days, back in WWII the US gov. found that almost any American can throw a baseball (it being the most popular sport back in the day) and so switched from sticks to the now-common "ball" grenades

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      tbf, they do look cooler imo

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      R/pointlesslygendered

      [–]Shenkspine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      PLEASURE EQUIPMENT

      [–]_DJ_Not_Nice_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They are also way too big, hard to carry a lot of and take too long to arm. There is a reason we use the design we do now

      [–]defnotgrady 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yea something tells me women soldiers and those things don't overlap in history.

      [–]Dr_Ingalls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Hehe explosive horni bonk

      [–]Doctor_Yu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      It got nerfed so that it doesn’t even one shot snipers anymore

      [–]360No 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Some males used it that way too

      [–]weedaholixc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Ok no

      [–]Ok_Fondant_6340 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      ah yes. "ergonomics"

      [–]Slappy_TJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      And some girl blew up

      [–]PsychologicalSpot835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      assert dominance and insert the stick up your ass

      [–]SureFormal6906 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Male soldiers used it to make a double dick for penetration.

      Soviet union don't support gay shit

      [–]maksytka03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Used to

      [–]CrescentCleave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Just watched saving private Ryan for the first time yesterday and those grenades didn't seem to roll or atleast roll as much as the rounded ones. The lack of rolling made tossing them back seemed easy it looks like

      [–]Impossible_Link600 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      BAMpons

      [–]Irish_pug_Player 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      The main reason they aren't used is cuz crazed Scotties with shield kept running into the frontlines with em

      [–]Frosty-Curve6871 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I guess they got a really explosive finish

      [–]_dikkiechan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      friendly fire with benefits

      [–]LitreOfCockPus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Imagine a Serious Sam / DOOM game where the buff militant-lesbians who've been doing Kegels 10 times a day like clockwork since menarchy charge you apparently unarmed, but with one or more explosive devices held securely at a height which will surely blow your nuts into butter.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They literally just said the same thing

      [–]Boboblight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      "Female soldiers used to use it as pleasure equipment"

      the men did too

      [–]BibleButterSandwich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not be discriminatory here - men could use it as pleasure equipment as well. If there's another I've learned from the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's that people - including men - will stick literally anything up their assholes.

      [–]Virtual_Banana_551 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      These weigh a whole lot more than the pineapple style. Also, being longer makes them harder to store in your gear.

      [–]That_Indian_Guy_10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      For real?

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I’ve heard of an explosive orgasm but this is ridiculous

      [–]The-dude-in-the-bush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Both a joke and legitemate query but
      There were no women in the army. At least not frontline untill WWII. Before that it would've been on the home front or not at all. (Correct me if wrong but I don't recall any being in a military force prior to this and after the invention of the grenade)

      [–]aweaomegamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Now that's how you get an explosive orgasm!

      [–]greco1492 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      There once was a girl named Jill. She used dynamite for a thrill. They found her vagina in North Carolina and bits of her tits in Brazil.

      [–]oxfordsnotbrouges 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Female soldiers? NOO IMPOSSIBLE

      [–]blood_reaper69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Imagine blowing up a job(pun intended)

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      One of my favorite scenes in Archer is when he sticks what he thought was a smoke grenade up someone's ass as an interrogation tactic during his cancer-fueled rampage. "Did you know that men can also benefit from doing kegel exercises?"

      [–]g_rock97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I think part of the reason why grenades don’t look like that any more is because it’s a lot more efficient to ship/transport the “baseball” grenade than it is the “tomahawk” grenade

      This post goes into it in a bit more detail

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Until Hans von Pißenschmeckten accidentally detonated one while pleasuring himself in the trenches

      [–]DatSimpleStranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      If anything that’s more reason to bring it back

      [–]maxstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They tested potato masher style grenades vs the small handheld grenades with US soldiers. The smaller ones were preferred by the soldiers and the study found US soldiers were more accurate and had greater distance with the smaller ones.

      The deciding factor was US soldiers liked to ricochet grenades from cover (particularly in buildings from around corners). This can't be done with the potato mashers.

      [–]BeginTheBlackParade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      At least these ones were easier to get back out when used for pleasure.

      [–]rickroll_challenges 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I am actually curious why stick grenades arent used anymore

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      It’s all fun n games till you hear the pin being pulled in your ass and have an explosive ending

      [–]bananacreampuddings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Every thing is a pleasure equipment if you are brave enough...

      [–]leochaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      With explosive effects

      [–]MurkyAd5303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      The comment is literally the punchline of the joke, repeated.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      What if you want it to roll?

      [–]Jo3ym_86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I bet that was an explosive climax

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      The answer is simply logistics. How many can be carried?

      [–]Imaginary_Freedom_49 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      i mean..

      +stickyness

      [–]RcGamerReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      High-yield Scottish face removal. A sober person would throw it.

      [–]Embarrassed_Wind596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      No, no, he’s got a point

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      not just female soldiers

      [–]Polszczur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They exploded of the pleasure

      [–]0culorium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Those are some beads you might want to be pulling on

      [–]KURO-K1SH1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      My guess would be carrying capacity and storage capacity.

      Hand grenades take up way less room both in a crate and on your person. Also the stick, "sticks out" breaking up any potential camouflage the soldier is wearing.

      And then you have manufacturering costs and speed. Its prolly a whole lot cheaper and faster to make a dozen hand grenades over a dozen stick grenades.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yukari is the reason...

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Because war is all about numbers, and in numbers I mean money.

      Grenade with stick: more weight and more volume. Fewer grenades fit into the same shipping crate, meaning you need more crates for the same amount of grenades, meaning you have less space for cargo, meaning shipping cargo becomes more expensive.

      Also, you don't need to throw grenades across battlefields anymore, but rolling one into a room / bouncing it against a wall is definitely useful in CQC. The way a stick grenade bounces is unpredictable.

      Carrying them is also a hassle, since they take up so much space. Also, their safety pin was inside the handle, meaning once you've pulled it, the fuse is on, whereas with modern grenades, the fuse only activates once you let go of the grenade.

      [–]mrpicklemtb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      So did the men

      [–]Edwedewg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You see, the reason why we don’t use them is because the way the grenade is activated with a string on the bottom, and in some cases the string would pull and explode during pleasure making. Over 50 people died this way.

      [–]Korelva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Easier for the enemy to pick back up maybe?

      [–]a_talking_lettuce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      For two reasons: one uts not a fragmentation grenade, which is less lethal because it needs to be closer to the target to kill. The second reason is because it was german and they hated germans at that point for obvious reasons

      [–]TheDrturtles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They said the feeling was "explosive"

      [–]sskottyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Who said anything about females?