What is the range of a grenade explosion?

The fragmentation hand grenade has a lethal radius of 5 meters and can produce casualties up to 15 meters, dispersing fragments as far away as 230 meters. Learn more about Hand Grenade Training.

How far away do you need to survive a grenade?

The best way to avoid getting hit by a chunk of grenade is to lie down as far as possible from the grenade. This would mean that in order to have just a slight chance of surviving, it is necessary to be at least 15 feet or 4.5 to 5 meters away from the grenade in order to be safe.

Will a grenade explode if you shoot it?

Depending on how far you are, it can explode. It all depends on the bullet you are shooting and the distance you are at. The bullet will penetrate the armor of the grenade causing the explosive to go off making the explosion kind of how a normal grenade works. So yes it will explode if you shoot it.

Why do soldiers dive on grenades?

Falling on a grenade is the deliberate act of using one’s body to cover a live time-fused hand grenade, absorbing the explosion and fragmentation in an effort to save the lives of others nearby.

Can you survive diving on a grenade?

Despite these rare instances, however, the odds of survival are extremely slim. With modern medicine, however, odds are greatly increased when compared to falling on a grenade in the 20th century.

How far is it safe to throw a grenade?

You aren’t completely safe at any distance you can throw the grenade. In basic, we were taught that the average soldier can throw the grenade about 35 meters and it has a ‘burst’ radius of 40m. Wikipedia reports injury at 15m, fragments at 250m, fatality at 5m.

What is the maximum radius of a grenade?

So, for most commonly used offensive grenades, maximum radius of shrapnel spread is under 25 m with guaranteed kill zone of around 3 m. These grenades kill mostly via explosion itself and by a very localized burst of small splinters.

What is the explosive distance table of distance?

Each type of explosive has a specific table of distance. The keys to applying these tables to donor/acceptor relationships are the net explosive weight (NEW) of the donor; the distances between magazines; the type of materials in the donor magazine; and the type of materials in the acceptor magazine.

What are the federal explosive regulations?

The Federal explosive regulations require explosives storage magazines to be located certain minimum distances from inhabited buildings, public highways, passenger railways, and other magazines based on the quantity of explosive materials in each magazine.