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FRONTLINE: GRENADES AROUND THE GLOBE

4 AZAMARA 5 THEIRAQWAR
JOURNEYINCIDENT Coalition military vehicles Thethreatofimprovisedexplosivedevices(IEDs)
IRAQ 2003
in21stCenturyconflictsinIraqandAfghanistan
has led to a focus on detonating projectiles early to
OFFTHECOASTOFSOMALIA in Iraq find themselves protectvehiclesfromthefullforceoftheblast.
26 NOVEMBER 2012 frequentlyattackedby
Somali-based pirates attack RKG-3anti-tankgrenades.
cruise ship Azamara Journey 260 In response, they introduce
nautical miles from the Somali ‘slat’ and ‘bird-cage’ armour
Coast, using rocket-propelled todeflectandhavethem
grenades. The ship narrowly detonate prematurely.
escapesandaGermanEUfrigate
catches and arrests the pirates.

RPG-43
Date: 1943
Speciality: Rocket-p
anti-tank grena 6 THEITALO- 7 THEBATTLEOF
TURKISHWAR KILLIECRANKIE
Location: Russ
TAIGURA OASIS, LIBYA HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND
1NOVEMBER1911 27 JULY 1689
Thefirstaerialbombingraid This is one of the battles of
3 THEBATTLEOFYPRES isconductedbyGiulioGavotti the Glorious Revolution, a
during the italian invasion of
war between Jacobites and
YPRES, BELGIUM JANUARY 1916 whatisnowLibya.Hedrops Williamites, with an early use
Allied soldiers struggle to use the No 1 four grenades over an enemy of the word “grenade”, for
grenade in trench warfare against the camp from an Etrich Taube gunpowder-filled, iron balls used
Germans. Those that don’t accidentally go monoplane. Nobody is injured. inthebattlebybothforces.
offbeforebeingthrownareoftendeflected
by simple wooden boards or thrown back.

Zhen Tian Lei
(Sky-shaking thunder)
Date: 960 CE
Speciality: Setting enemy
camps on fire
Location: China
Useofteargasgrenadesbypolice 8 SAOPAULO
forcesaroundtheworldhasincreased
2 THESIEGEOFPETERSBURG fears about the militarisation of law DEMONSTRATION
enforcement.
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA SAOPAULO,BRAZIL 9JUNE2014
9JUNE1864-25MARCH1865 Riot police in Sao Paulo use tear-
Union soldiers in the American Civil War use the gasgrenadestobreakupamostly National Army Museum/Corbis
KetchumGrenade,acast-irongrenade,amongother peaceful mass demonstration led
weaponstoweardownPetersburg,aConfederate by transit workers, only three days
supply stronghold. The grenade is woefully ineffective, beforethefirstgameofthe2014
contributing to the failure to take the city. World Cup in Brazil.

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