American Grenades

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A hand grenade is a small hand-held anti-personnel weapon designed to be thrown and then explode after a short time. The word “grenade” is derived from the French grenade, meaning pomegranate, so named because its shrapnel pellets reminded soldiers of the seeds of this fruit. Grenadiers were originally soldiers who specialized in throwing grenades.

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Lieutenant Colonel William E. Persons, Infantry Major Oliver S. Wood, Infantry Major Joseph Plassmeyer, Cavalry Captain Paul V. Kellogg and , Infantry First Lieutenant John E.McCammon Military Science and Tactics (, MO: The University Co-operative Store, 1922)

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