Grenades and secrets have not been revealed

Grenades are considered a flexible, light, and high-damage weapon. However, it is rare to know that this weapon was invented before both artillery guns and once had been considered useless in the war.

Grenades are a form of explosives invented by Chinese people around 1,000 AD. By the 15th and 16th centuries Europeans also developed versions similar to the "grenades" of Chinese people. The general structure is an explosive mixed with bamboo pieces in a porcelain vase.

Grenades from the 10th and 12th centuries.

Until grenades arrived in Europe, grenades appeared in the 14th century, only grenades appeared until the 15th century. The word "Grenade" comes from the word "Pomegranate" in French, meaning pomegranate. In the 16th century, French soldiers and some other European soldiers used small, round pomegranate bombs, filled with gunpowder like pomegranate seeds in pomegranate, so it was called " Grenade".

Grenades from the 16th century.

While it is very beneficial in combat, the grenades are troubled when each fruit weighs more than 1 kg, it is difficult to throw far away, so the army selects the tall soldiers to put them into the grenades.

By the 18th century, grenades were almost abandoned when uselessness waded through deep water, limited to wet weather, losing too much carrying capacity.

Russian soldiers used grenades in the previous period.

By World War 1, many soldiers built grenades with cans of explosives and nails and scrapes inside. And this is also the basic structure of today's grenades. The Germans developed a "Potato Masher" grenade with a long stick that allowed the soldier to throw further.

Potato Masher - Made by Germany.

Modern grenades today are invented by the British based on the German foundation. Before World War I, a German engineer began to develop pomegranate with detonators, but by January 1915 a friend of this engineer had mentioned the grenade construction, it was William Mills. a British military technician.

Type used to this day.

From the German design, Mills developed and redesigned the safe-type grenade, exploding after 5 seconds when pulling out. Until now, this type of grenade is used in most of the world.