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Title: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Balog on February 18, 2014, 05:42:34 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjV3CVo_O5M

Anyone know where this is from? Writin looks Arabic. Riot cops in a shield wall, frag grenade tossed at them, guy tries to punt it just as it goes off. :O

ETA: might be Thailand, part of the rice riots going on there.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: RocketMan on February 18, 2014, 05:58:25 PM: Damn! I wonder if the boot flying away still had his foot in it? Couldn't tell from the video.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: brimic on February 18, 2014, 06:04:39 PM: dang. He would have been much better off to put the shield between him and the grenade.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Devonai on February 19, 2014, 08:31:23 AM: It looks like an M67, but from my limited experience at Fort Benning, an M67 would have obliterated more than one guy.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Sergeant Bob on February 19, 2014, 09:25:28 AM: We're just lucky the thugs in Oakland and Detroit don't have ready access to nades.
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Post by: Tallpine on February 19, 2014, 10:34:16 AM: Quote from: brimic on February 18, 2014, 06:04:39 PM
dang. He would have been much better off to put the shield between him and the grenade.

Raising the shield to kick it out of the way :facepalm:
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Sawdust on February 19, 2014, 10:48:45 AM: That be Thailand.

Sawdust
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on February 19, 2014, 12:13:47 PM: What would have been the net effect of the grenade in contact with the shield?

I would guess that it would have broken his arm with the force, possibly rotated the shield out of the way and torn into his lower legs. Or possibly even torn the shield into pieces and cut him apart pretty good. No?
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 19, 2014, 12:55:09 PM: Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 19, 2014, 12:13:47 PM
What would have been the net effect of the grenade in contact with the shield?

I would guess that it would have broken his arm with the force, possibly rotated the shield out of the way and torn into his lower legs. Or possibly even torn the shield into pieces and cut him apart pretty good. No?

Depends on the quality of the shield. Some are bulletproof, which would be much better protection against the grenade then naught.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: brimic on February 19, 2014, 01:08:27 PM: Quote from: jamisjockey on February 19, 2014, 12:55:09 PM
Depends on the quality of the shield. Some are bulletproof, which would be much better protection against the grenade then naught.

Yes. Pretty much anything that isn't going to turn into shrapnel is going to be better than nothing.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Devonai on February 20, 2014, 04:51:56 PM: It may not have been the best choice, but at least the guy was trying to protect his chums.
Title: Re: Grenade vs riot police, graphic
Post by: Bigjake on February 20, 2014, 07:20:31 PM: Quote from: Devonai on February 19, 2014, 08:31:23 AM
It looks like an M67, but from my limited experience at Fort Benning, an M67 would have obliterated more than one guy.

What he said.