Grenade throwing - how far?

[stevenbecker]

I surpose like a few of you, I also was and Instructor and DEMO on many of these shows

We (Aussie Army) use to train more to accratcey, then distance

On the range we use to get the man to pick a target, then throw, making sure he saw where the bomb dropped, then to take cover

while the normal practice was to stand and throw (good for beginers) we use to engage more in the combat courses where throwing into windows and bunkers was done 

Yes harder but more realistic

The hardest part was getting the soldier use to a grenade, as most are scared of them, let them feel the bomb, get use to the weight, because throwing is easier when they know the weapon.

That's my two cents worth

Happy day Charles

[JMB1943]

On 01/08/2011 at 12:48, John_Hartley said:

Dunno. It's just a list of surnames with the distances, which vary from 30 to the 44 yards. No date or location. I'm presuming they must be the specialist bombers in "B" Coy, 17th Manchesters. If I had to guess, I'd say this is the second half of April 1916, when they were training at St Saveur - the war diary mentions specialist bombing classes

John,

Do you by chance still have those entries?

If you can list each distance, we can determine the avge, and see if 30 & 44 are both outliers.

My interest is because my g'father was a specialist bomber throughout the war (1915-18).

Regards,

JMB