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Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Last time I threw a grenade I had to wait in a bunker with thick windows. I remember every time someone else would throw getting huge thud on side of bunker walls and lots of stuff that sounded like frags hitting the bunker walls. If it were wood and drywall I'd imagine it going through the walls if close enough.

Exactly. I assume a frag grenade going off is essentially like a handgun that fires 50-100 "bullets" in a sphere. And on top of the "bullets" there's also the explosion.

My assumption that a grenade going off in a drywall room would destroy/remove most of the drywall in that room, probably mostly ending up in the next rooms from the explosion.

Then the "bullets would probably travel through most of the rooms in the house. I have no idea of the specifics of a grenade, eg, how large/small/heavy the fragments are or the speed at which they are propelled. I assume that the weight varies from fairly heavy (compared to a handgun round) to on the light side - various sizes. I assume that the speed is probably more like a rifle than a handgun. So (lots of assumptions) I suspect the entire house, at least it if's 1 story and not enormous or sporting stone clad interior walls, probably ends up with holes and bits of metal. Closets full of clothes probably have holes, walls, furniture, etc... There may be spots that are shielded enough, bathtub 3 walls away or 3 or 4 rooms away with HVAC and/or water heater and heavy wooden furniture and behind a large heavy mattress.

My guess is that the entire interior of the house, every room will need repairs, and it's possible and maybe likely that there could be structural issues near ground central.

Sad, that an entire family's lives have been destroyed by a moment of poor judgement.