Isekai Meikyuu no Ooparts - Vol. 1 Ch. 4.2 - Iron Fruit and a Handy Blunt Weapon

[ApolloX1209]

Rather cheap in exchange for one's life... please remove that hanging cord part in the poster at least... DX

 

[Solitude_Dragon]

A potato masher to mash potatoes. What explosive flavor!

 

[reishiki]

Maybe the old shopkeeper wasn't exactly going senile but under the lingering memory effect of the artifact or something? (Since that was a baseball bat.)
Also, the cat girl said that mashed potatoes were spicy because of her cat part didn't get along well with chocolate?

 

[Iosif]

contrary to hollywood belief... TNT and plastic explosives are extremely stable to the point of almost being inert (TNT is used on the stielhandgranate),it's insensitive to shock, impact and heat, you can set it on fire and nothing will happen

This. Thank you.
Hanging it from the "hanging cord" and accidentally falling next to it and pulling the "mace" as you go down and therefore pulling the "hanging cord" however...

 

[SirArthurIV]

This chapter as a whole gave me anxiety.

 

[MadScientist666]

Things I never expected to see in a manga: People using WW I-era grenades as hammers...

 

[jubuttib]

contrary to hollywood belief... TNT and plastic explosives are extremely stable to the point of almost being inert (TNT is used on the stielhandgranate),it's insensitive to shock, impact and heat, you can set it on fire and nothing will happen

Yes, if they weren't really, REALLY stable, they wouldn't be used by anyone other than specialist troops.

Edit: That said, expired/old FUZES are REALLY FUCKING DANGEROUS! That's often why old UXO (unexploded ordnance) finds are considered so dangerous.

 

[Bourbon]

I'm surprise that grenade didn't go off when she smashed it against the nail

If they went off from just a few rough smacks then you'd get infantrymen blowing themselves up when fighting in rocky/mountainous terrain.
Also,

 

[biobiobio777]

Dwarf: Uses grenade as a hammer.
Me: Flashbacks of my fellow soldiers screaming, watching Private Bueller getting blown before we even reached our destination, garand pings and the call of the potato masher.

 

[SoyYoJoder]

I'm surprise that grenade didn't go off when she smashed it against the nail

Funny thing about explosives: most of them don't explode by just hitting them, but require a detonator to be activated, in this case the cord of the grenade.


Also extra nerd tip, that type of grenade was nicknamed the potato masher, hence that small text at the end of the chapter

 

[SoyYoJoder]

Things I never expected to see in a manga: People using WW I-era grenades as hammers...

You've never played TF2 didn't you?

 

[RC1138Boss]

Holly shit.

 

[MadScientist666]

You've never played TF2 didn't you?

No
Are these grenades a thing there?

 

[SoyYoJoder]

No
Are these grenades a thing there?

That kind of grenade is actually a MELEE weapon for the demoman.
Yes, it explodes and hurts the user on hit.

 

[MadScientist666]

That kind of grenade is actually a MELEE weapon for the demoman.
Yes, it explodes and hurts the user on hit.

Wtf? No, had no idea, haha.

Anyway, I thought about these grenades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stielhandgranate

 

[EchoGirl]

cute dwarf girl. "Homerun" would be an earth term, so did he somehow know?

I wonder if we'll meet the person who placed all these things , a plunger is one thing but grenades seems risky without instructions

 

[Mah_Buddy_Keith]

contrary to hollywood belief... TNT and plastic explosives are extremely stable to the point of almost being inert (TNT is used on the stielhandgranate),it's insensitive to shock, impact and heat, you can set it on fire and nothing will happen

Dynamite sweats out nitroglycerin eventually…That stuff is unstable.

 

[Eliminateur]

Dynamite sweats out nitroglycerin eventually…That stuff is unstable.

that's why it's not used anymore for practically anything that requires storage, and for absolutely NO military use since pre ww1