Thread: RECOIL....your funny stories.

Originally Posted by Tribrit

When I went thru OCS I think the grenades were $1500.

FMJ was 23c per round. I know I personally fired 5000 rounds in a day once. C9

Got to pull the go switch on a 105mm Howitzer. That was a memory. Kaimanawa horses running for cover

For a couple years we used to have to cost every munition and expendable store we used when planning exercises. It was a frigging mundane chore. It would then have to be approved by PL commander then the coy CO before going to the poges in the TRG wing for final approval.
I remember some mortar rounds @1500 and maybe M72s. Grenades we were using were definitely just over $600. Cheap ass Singaporean. However, I can can understand why they would have charged OCS extra as they would all require extra instructions and even brail on the grenade, that would certainly cost more money.

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Originally Posted by R93

For a couple years we used to have to cost every munition and expendable store we used when planning exercises. It was a frigging mundane chore. It would then have to be approved by PL commander then the coy CO before going to the poges in the TRG wing for final approval.
I remember some mortar rounds @1500 and maybe M72s. Grenades we were using were definitely just over $600. Cheap ass Singaporean. However, I can can understand why they would have charged OCS extra as they would all require extra instructions and even brail on the grenade, that would certainly cost more money.

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Brail wouldn't be enough.

When we first went to the grenade range I remember one guy dropped the grenade out the back of his hand as he went to throw it. Only the sharp action of the NCO instructor saved him.

They questioned the idiot afterwards, turned out he had been homeschooled and had never played any sport ever. One would think in this country that throwing a ball to be second nature. But nope.

Hes now a Major. Lol

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Brail wouldn't be enough.

When we first went to the grenade range I remember one guy dropped the grenade out the back of his hand as he went to throw it.

I've seen that same thing on video. I never played sport at school if I could possibly help it, but I'm baffled as to why he'd drop it as you said.

Lack of hand eye co-ordination maybe.

Did you ex mil guys practice throwing dummy grenades during training, or was the first grenade you threw a live one?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I've seen that same thing on video. I never played sport at school if I could possibly help it, but I'm baffled as to why he'd drop it as you said.

Lack of hand eye co-ordination maybe.

Did you ex mil guys practice throwing dummy grenades during training, or was the first grenade you threw a live one?

Always threw 2 prac grenades before any live ones. They were similar weight but just went pop.

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Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I've seen that same thing on video. I never played sport at school if I could possibly help it, but I'm baffled as to why he'd drop it as you said.

Lack of hand eye co-ordination maybe.

Did you ex mil guys practice throwing dummy grenades during training, or was the first grenade you threw a live one?

Yeh you start with practice grenades

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Brail wouldn't be enough.

When we first went to the grenade range I remember one guy dropped the grenade out the back of his hand as he went to throw it. Only the sharp action of the NCO instructor saved him.

They questioned the idiot afterwards, turned out he had been homeschooled and had never played any sport ever. One would think in this country that throwing a ball to be second nature. But nope.

Hes now a Major. Lol

I have been involved with a dropped grenade incident. Well not dropped, but poorly thrown.
Soldier using the grenade was hit with shrapnel, not serious but required a bit to be removed from flesh. I found 2 bits of shrapnel in my jacket over a month later when I was putting it on and scratched my self on it. Still have it in a jar somewhere.
He would have seriously wounded or killed another soldier who was forward of him and firing section gun had it not dropped into a wee depression 5 feet from him and on the other side of a 44gal drum.
He was wearing a patrol pack and the shoulder strap slipped and impeded his throw. He bravely tried to run forward and warn the other soldier until I and a safety DS jumped on him. Grenade went off and we were all peppered but thankfully not seriously. We were uphill from blast. He actually shielded me as I was pulling him to the ground from behind.
I thought the other soldier was definitely dead. However before the smoke cleared the gun started up again.
A lot of shit flowed downhill over that I can tell ya. Everyone ducking for cover as to who was responsible.


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Originally Posted by R93

I have been involved with a dropped grenade incident. Well not dropped, but poorly thrown.
Soldier using the grenade was hit with shrapnel, not serious but required a bit to be removed from flesh. I found 2 bits of shrapnel in my jacket over a month later when I was putting it on and scratched my self on it. Still have it in a jar somewhere.
He would have seriously wounded or killed another soldier who was forward of him and firing section gun had it not dropped into a wee depression 5 feet from him and on the other side of a 44gal drum.
He was wearing a patrol pack and the shoulder strap slipped and impeded his throw. He bravely tried to run forward and warn the other soldier until I and a safety DS jumped on him. Grenade went off and we were all peppered but thankfully not seriously. We were uphill from blast. He actually shielded me as I was pulling him to the ground from behind.
I thought the other soldier was definitely dead. However before the smoke cleared the gun started up again.
A lot of shit flowed downhill over that I can tell ya. Everyone ducking for cover as to who was responsible.


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I think we had Singaporean made 40mm frags also. Firing into one of the streams in Zone 20 (I think that's what it was) and onto the opposing bank, we must have had 2 or 3 blinds from the case. One went off about 1 minuet after impact, giving everyone a hell of a fright (we had taken our muffs off). Anyway after the delayed grenade detonation we had stopped firing the grenades and started the C9s when unfortunately we set fire to the scrub with our tracer. Now you would think this was a big problem so we radioed the fire fighters who were not in the slightest bit interested (I mean who would want to cross into zone 20 anyway). To every ones horror a Sgt decided to go over into zone 20 and put the fire out himself. What a twat, he had hardly made it to the base of the opposite bank when another blind exploded. He was luckily below the explosion but he must have heard some of the fragments hissing overhead. A few more meters and he would have had a colander for a head.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

I think we had Singaporean made 40mm frags also. Firing into one of the streams in Zone 20 (I think that's what it was) and onto the opposing bank, we must have had 2 or 3 blinds from the case. One went off about 1 minuet after impact, giving everyone a hell of a fright (we had taken our muffs off). Anyway after the delayed grenade detonation we had stopped firing the grenades and started the C9s when unfortunately we set fire to the scrub with our tracer. Now you would think this was a big problem so we radioed the fire fighters who were not in the slightest bit interested (I mean who would want to cross into zone 20 anyway). To every ones horror a Sgt decided to go over into zone 20 and put the fire out himself. What a twat, he had hardly made it to the base of the opposite bank when another blind exploded. He was luckily below the explosion but he must have heard some of the fragments hissing overhead. A few more meters and he would have had a colander for a head.

I have walked into 20 by mistake while hunting once. Didn't see any sign of ordinance but was on a tank track getting from A to B

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Originally Posted by R93

I have walked into 20 by mistake while hunting once. Didn't see any sign of ordinance but was on a tank track getting from A to B

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Nice gold color? That would give me the shits, we were shooting 44 gallon drums with the things and the close up frag pattern is nasty. If you survived stepping on one there would be a long op in hospital removing all the fragments.

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Brail wouldn't be enough.

When we first went to the grenade range I remember one guy dropped the grenade out the back of his hand as he went to throw it. Only the sharp action of the NCO instructor saved him.

They questioned the idiot afterwards, turned out he had been homeschooled and had never played any sport ever. One would think in this country that throwing a ball to be second nature. But nope.

Hes now a Major. Lol

Hence my previous post #50 about how my Grandad used to train the our NZ troops, shipping out for WW2. Guys will panic when they think the thing will go bang in there hand!