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Modern AGE grenade ranges

Started by marksolino, June 10, 2018, 08:15:22 PM

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marksolino

June 10, 2018, 08:15:22 PM
On p.44 of the rulebook (currently only available in PDF from Green Ronin's online store), it says grenades have a short range of 4 yards and a long range of 8 yards. Is this too short?

HappyDaze

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June 10, 2018, 08:48:26 PM
Is that for how far you can throw them, or for how far the fragments travel? In either case, it seems really short to me (but I have never thrown a grenade IRL).

estar

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June 11, 2018, 08:50:49 AM Last Edit: June 11, 2018, 08:52:58 AM by estar
For precision throws is should be the same as a knife about 15 to 20 yards. Somewhat longer if you just lobbing it as far as you can. The book is off base by half.

RPGPundit

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June 14, 2018, 03:10:38 AM
Well, the difference between throwing a knife and a grenade is that a knife has to be thrown straight forward, while a grenade can be arced in the air.
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June 14, 2018, 01:27:15 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1043859Well, the difference between throwing a knife and a grenade is that a knife has to be thrown straight forward, while a grenade can be arced in the air.
Er, and you want to also hit a likely-moving person with the knife. Grenades you just want to end up near something hostile when it explodes.

If you throw a grenade 4 yards, you and your friends are likely to have a bad time, unless there's serious terrain involved (like you throw it into a meat locker and shut the door). 8 yards is also likely not far enough away (you should take cover yourself if you do that).

The Scythian

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June 18, 2018, 04:02:52 AM
That's way too short.  A frag grenade's effective killing radius is 5 meters, its effective wounding radius is 15 meters, and someone with average strength should be able to throw it up to about 30 to 35 meters.

You always want to take cover or get down after throwing a frag grenade, as individual fragments can still wound or even kill well beyond the distance you can throw it.
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