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Unconventional grenade tactics have appeared for over a thousand years, from early Byzantine soldiers using clay jars of Greek Fire, to Red Army adding fish hooks in the Battle of Stalingrad, and hidden trap shafts built into the Atlantic Wall bunkers. History shows that grenades evolved through constant adaptation, including the WWI Mills Bomb and even improvised devices like taped spoons and shock booby traps used by Soviet troops and Canadian expeditionary forces.
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Further Reading:
Bellis, Mary. “The History of the Hand Grenade.” Thoughtco.com. October 4, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-hand-grenade-1991668
“Employment of Hand Grenades.” GlobalSecurity.org. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-23-30/ch3.htm
“World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad.” Jewishvirtuallibray.com. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-battle-of-stalingrad
Proper, Pamela J. “Grenades: What’s all this taping about.” June 25, 2008. Army.mil https://www.army.mil/article/10326/grenades_whats_all_this_taping_about
Grove, David. “This is why taping your grenades is a terrible idea.” WeAreTheMighty.com. Last updated October 30, 2020. https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/taping-frag-grenades-terrible-idea/
Sicard, Sarah. “This WWII Bunker used a fake air vent to return grenade to sender.” Militarytimes.com. August 31, 2022. https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/2022/08/31/this-wwii-bunker-used-a-fake-air-vent-to-return-grenade-to-sender/
Giles, Rosemary. “Canadian War Crimes in WW1: How German Soldiers Were Exploited by Canadian Troops.” WarHistoryOnline.com June 21, 2022. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/canada-germany-wwi.html
Page, Tim and John Pimlott editors. Nam: The Vietnam Experience. New York: Barnes and Noble Limited. 1995.
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