German-Style Stick Grenades as Sports Equipment

[CWO Marc]

An intriguing news story about a Chinese university which has recently added grenade-tossing to a sports competition:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43882201

The addition apparently led a lot of students, who previously had shown little interest in track-and-field atheletics, to sign-up for the event.  The grenades, it should be noted, are replicas, not live ordnance.

[StuckTojo]

Hahaha… that’s awesome!

As someone who personally hated track and field as a kid, I can say that would have definitely gotten me out there.  :lol:

Of course, that could never happen in North America.  You know, “toxic masculinity” and all that.

[barney]

wish we had that in Boy Scouts : )

[aequitas-et-veritas]

I find them easier and more accurate to throw to a certain spot.

I once watched an english movie where bank robber used the M24 to break their way through.