Why do you lob a grenade instead of actually throwing them?

[look 171]

Accuracy, distance, safety?

[slodave]

I thought it had something to do with weight and throwing your arm out. Never lobbed one though, so what do I know.

[mikeesik]

Lobbing is an arc. which buys time.
Throwing is moreso a straight line-direct- and quicker!

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[mixer911]

Just a guess ,a throw has a back arc,might become dislodged and become friendly fire.
Always wondered why a hele needs a spotlight with night vision?

[mikeesik]

I know this by the awesome parentless dirt lump fights I endured!

[Flieger]

[notmytarga]

I would say that the fuse timing would allow a quickly thrown gernade to be thrown right back. Best to land/explode coincidentally!

[mixer911]

Originally Posted by mikeesik

I know this by the awesome parentless dirt lump fights I endured!

You must of had crayon's ,you didn't make charts and graphs

[wdfifteen]

lob = high arc to go over obstacles. Obstacles between you and the exploding grenade are good things.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

lob = high arc to go over obstacles. Obstacles between you and the exploding grenade are good things.

Understatement...

[willtel]

Weight. Pick one up sometime and try to trow it like a baseball.

[sc_rufctr]

Safety... If you throw it you may drop it near by by mistake. Lobbing is much safer because the whole action is slower.

I'm ex regular Army. They told us that at basic training and again on my corporals course.

[azasadny]

I carried grenades during Desert Storm but was never in a situation that required lobbing one ( good thing ). Those grenades are heavy!

[stomachmonkey]

When you throw something it has forward momentum and may not stay where it first lands.

When you lob stuff it tends to stay put where it lands.

[Jim Bremner]

chinese soldier almost killed himself with a grenade - YouTube

[shadowjack1]

It all depends. Lob,more like a pust as in a shot put throw. Lob a grenade when outside for the most part. When you throw a grenade into a house, you want to throw it hard so it will bounce off walls, skid around the room and not allow the other guy to pick it and throw it back out.
As a young Marine in Viet Nam i threw a grenade into a houch, really hard, the effing thing came out the other side.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by shadowjack1

It all depends. Lob,more like a pust as in a shot put throw. Lob a grenade when outside for the most part. When you throw a grenade into a house, you want to throw it hard so it will bounce off walls, skid around the room and not allow the other guy to pick it and throw it back out.
As a young Marine in Viet Nam i threw a grenade into a houch, really hard, the effing thing came out the other side.

Thank you for your service.

[Hugh R]

Hold it hard, don't "milk it", straight arm lob, only lobbed one once in my life in the USMC, in training.

[fred cook]

A frag grenade weighs a couple of pounds and is not perfectly round, rather an oblong shape. When I was in the Seabees (1969-71) we were sent to Camp LeJune for heavy weapons training that included instructions in the art of throwing a hand grenade. We were instructed to place the grenade in the palm with the spoon towards the hand, grasp the grenade firmly, pull the pin with the opposite hand, bring the grenade hand back to a position by the head (real comforting feeling there!), extend the other hand forward for balance and then extend the grenade hand rapidly in a forward/upward motion, releasing the grenade at about 2/3rds arm extension. This motion allowed most people to throw it further and in an arc so that it would 1) allow the fuse to partially burn before arriving and 2) allow it to drop into foxholes or other defensive positions. The Vietnam era frag grenades had an 8-10 second burn time so you did not want the enemy to have time to scoop it up and toss it back! Using this method, most people could throw a grenade 40-50 yards and the real athletes could go almost 100 yards! This is one talent that you did not want to learn in an "on the job" training session! If you ever want to see some world record 100 yd dash runs, let someone in the group ask if anyone has seen their grenade pin!

[JMPRO]

I see the guy in the TV commerical that has a grenade land on his table at a out door cafe. He gets up and runs away. Not what I would do. I would pick it up and throw it away. My thinking is that if its going off in a flash it doesn't matter if your throwing it or running , it will get you. If you have a second or two before it goes off you can throw it faster and further than you can run. I would like to see Mythbusters test this theory.
Jerry