Allowing the user to inflict damage on his opponent within throwing range without leaving cover, the portable, lethally efficient hand grenade is a ubiquitous weapon of modern warfare, and has now found its way into law-enforcement arsenals too. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and an array of revealing photographs of grenades in use and in close-up, this engaging study explores and assesses the origins, development, combat use, and lasting legac... >Voir plus
The hand grenade is essentially a technologically enhanced improvement of what was the first multifunctional, direct- and indirect-fire, offensive weapon employed in warfare: the rock.