Villager in China uses grenade to crack open walnuts for 25 years - Polidicks

[img]http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/x_large/public/articles/2016/12/23/grenade23.jpg[/img] [quote] The man saw that his walnut cracker looked similar to a grenade pictured on a leaflet warning about forbidden explosives. BEIJING - A hand grenade was used to crack walnuts for 25 years by a villager in China who had no idea what he was using until he saw a photo of a grenade on a leaflet handed out by local police. The man from Ankang, in China's Shaanxi province, saw that his walnut cracker looked similar to a grenade pictured on a leaflet warning about forbidden explosives, according to Huanqiu.com. According to villagers, the man used the grenade specifically to crack open the nuts. According to reports, the man had been using the grenade without realising what it was for some 25 years, said Britain's Mail Online on Dec 21. It had been given to him by a friend. Images taken on Dec 5 (2016) show the device. Police found that the grenade had not detonated and they were unsure if the device had explosives inside it, the Mail said. It was only when the man was handed a police leaflet that he realised that he possessed a forbidden explosive. Grenades usually explode when the safety lever is released and the object is thrown away. As it rotates, it detonates the primer and ignites the fuse before burning down to the detonator, said the Mail. [/quote] [url]http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/villager-in-china-uses-grenade-to-crack-open-walnuts-for-25-years?xtor=CS1-10[/url] [editline]23rd December 2016[/editline] Reminds me of that german pepper mill

[QUOTE]It had been given to him by a friend. [/QUOTE] What a fuckin real buddy that was :v:

Also this savage fucker in the source: [quote]Another said: "It's more stable than a Samsung phone."[/quote]

real life ullapool caber

grenades usually dont just go off "because" especially german designs need quite some punishment to detonate... seeing as this one has its sprengkapsel (or whatever those are called in Asian nockoffs) already screwed on but not detonated its possibly a dud or a training one. [editline]22nd December 2016[/editline] To be completely honest it does not look like a grenade, more like a crude mallet with iron jacket Notice how there's no pull cord or safety cap... the sprengkapsel also clearly does not screw on (perhaps snap on, but even then...)

Why was he using a potato masher to crack nuts?

[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51568770]grenades usually dont just go off "because" especially german designs need quite some punishment to detonate... seeing as this one has its sprengkapsel (or whatever those are called in Asian nockoffs) already screwed on but not detonated its possibly a dud or a training one. [editline]22nd December 2016[/editline] To be completely honest it does not look like a grenade, more like a crude mallet with iron jacket Notice how there's no pull cord or safety cap... the sprengkapsel also clearly does not screw on (perhaps snap on, but even then...)[/QUOTE] just gonna say look at forgotten weapons to see some great cringeworthy examples of chinese knockoffs of german weapons, they usually didnt know what anything did just that they had to have something that resembled it so for all we know these things could be match lit or have absolutely no safety mechanism

Oh come on, everyone knows those ones are for mashing potatoes.

this must have been a really weird feeling. it'd be like seeing that you had c4 strapped to your fridge for 25 years, or a landmine just sitting in your toilet

[QUOTE=Bynine;51568884]this must have been a really weird feeling. it'd be like seeing that you had c4 strapped to your fridge for 25 years, or [B]a landmine just sitting in your toilet[/B][/QUOTE] [i]- "Ya know, i always had this weird exciment when i was going to shit, as if my life was depending on it. - Sir, there is a landmine down there. - Oooh..." [/i]

[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51568770]grenades usually dont just go off "because" especially german designs need quite some punishment to detonate... seeing as this one has its [B]sprengkapsel[/B] (or whatever those are called in Asian nockoffs) already screwed on but not detonated its possibly a dud or a training one.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't that just translate to "detonator"?

Now he can use his hands and be his own nut cracker.

Remind me of that old lady who found a live grenade inside a potato bag.

That has to be some of the most finely ground gunpowder (or whatever the explosive happens to be) to ever exist after all those years.

Wonder if it was actually in working condition. The article seems to leave that out.

[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;51569975]That has to be some of the most finely ground gunpowder (or whatever the explosive happens to be) to ever exist after all those years.[/QUOTE] I don't think black powder has been used as an explosive for over a century. More likely, this one used one form or another of TNT. Typically, the stuff can be melted and poured.

That's a Type 67 stick grenade, a Chinese-made copy of the German Type 24 with a much shorter handle. The lines on the right side are threading cut directly in the wood, which a protective cap would screw onto to keep the detonator cord secure. (edit: upon closer inspection, it appears that that's actually a heavily-rusted cap, and the grenade appears to be intact) Since there's no cap and no cord, the grenade is probably deactivated or a trainer (edit: wrong, see above), but it's possible that it's full of TNT and just missing the detonator. Either way, it's not a huge risk- TNT is so stable it was originally used as a yellow dye before its explosive properties were realized. You can literally shoot it out of a cannon into a wall and it won't go off unless there's a detonator in a shell, so using it to crack nuts is comical but not particularly dangerous. Edit: Yeah that's an intact Type 67. Like I said it's safe to bang into things but it's likely live ordnance and could definitely be capable of detonating, especially if it's later vintage like the ones manufactured to supply the Vietnamese.

[QUOTE=catbarf;51570137]That's a Type 67 stick grenade, a Chinese-made copy of the German Type 24 with a much shorter handle. The lines on the right side are threading cut directly in the wood, which a protective cap would screw onto to keep the detonator cord secure. (edit: upon closer inspection, it appears that that's actually a heavily-rusted cap, and the grenade appears to be intact) Since there's no cap and no cord, the grenade is probably deactivated or a trainer (edit: wrong, see above), but it's possible that it's full of TNT and just missing the detonator. Either way, it's not a huge risk- TNT is so stable it was originally used as a yellow dye before its explosive properties were realized. You can literally shoot it out of a cannon into a wall and it won't go off unless there's a detonator in a shell, so using it to crack nuts is comical but not particularly dangerous. Edit: Yeah that's an intact Type 67. Like I said it's safe to bang into things but it's likely live ordnance and could definitely be capable of detonating, especially if it's later vintage like the ones manufactured to supply the Vietnamese.[/QUOTE] Oh great, now you made me go look up explosives on an accidental wikipedia binge. I'm probably on a list somewhere now :v:

[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;51570309]Oh great, now you made me go look up explosives on an accidental wikipedia binge. I'm probably on a list somewhere now :v:[/QUOTE] How come everyone keeps getting this mass-surveillance thing wrong? Everyone's on a list, no matter what you've done as long as there is internet activity from you.

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;51570881]How come everyone keeps getting this mass-surveillance thing wrong? Everyone's on a list, no matter what you've done as long as there is internet activity from you.[/QUOTE] Okay fine. He's been bumped up on the list. Happy?

[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;51570309]Oh great, now you made me go look up explosives on an accidental wikipedia binge. I'm probably on a list somewhere now :v:[/QUOTE] We're all on a list, mate. Everyone in the civilized world is. Still, it's insane to think that someone was using a sodding GRENADE as a nutcracker for a generation. At least it appears to have been a dud.

i would've kept it for those walnuts that are really tough to crack open tbh