[Shakey]

Originally Posted by danielsan1971 ↗

Maybe it was a dud bomb, and didn't explode fully? Not enough to blow him to smithereens, but enough to be fatal?

Enough to blow out all of the side windows. What happened to the vans windshield behind him? Odd choice of chase vehicles.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

Not sure if this could be related in some way.

Could it possibly be a Conditt Conduit?

[MorbidGateway]

They said he made a 25 minute video confession on his phone and they found a list of future targets. Lets hope (I doubt it) that we get to see that video at some point.

[GoreGirl89]

I find it odd there is no sign of death as well...

[Lim Jahey]

I have read the various posts on his blog and he didn't seem like a stupid guy, I even agree with some of the things he said...

[Ninjavandal]

See yu, nut job!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Johnny Wadd ↗

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So,if this lad has blown himself up in this truck,why are there no pieces of flesh or blood all over the window and headliner,just saying:

US officials have identified the suspect linked to a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting the Texas city of Austin as Mark Anthony Conditt, 23.

The man was killed after he detonated an explosive as officers approached his car following a chase in Round Rock, north of the Texas state capital.

Officials say he lived about 20 miles (30km) from Austin in a shared home.

The incident follows four bomb attacks in the Austin area. Officials warn he may have placed more bombs in the area.

Before his death Conditt had been criminally charged with one count of unlawful possession and transfer of a destructive device, the US attorney for the Western District of Texas said in a press release on Wednesday.

He we go with another one of your stupid conspiracy theories, you people really do get on my nerves.

[Johnny Wadd]

Try thinking for yourself Steve.....

[uloveme]

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

One thing to consider would be Concussion, which alone can easily be fatal.

The Germans, in WWII, used their famous 'potato masher' (Stielhandgranate) grenades - most of which - were Concussion only grenades.

Of course, police bullets can also be fatal.


I'm getting the feeling that the FBI is going to shut information down about this occurrence just as they did about Las Vegas.

I absolutely agree, I mean we are just now seeing some heavily edited footage of that wannabe asshole in Vegas before the incident

However I also wanted to add some information to your other point, which you may find interesting as well if you are not already aware of the finer points of horseshoes and hand grenades lmao

But the stick-hand-grenade Stielhandgranate, which is the direct translation of the German name, has it's origins in the first world war actually. First appearing all the way back in 1915, then improved two years later. The Stielhandgranate was improved to the version familiar to most WWII buff's today in 1924. Being 14 inches in length using an explosive charge of 170 grains of HE and with a total weight of 21 ounces, owing to its shape it was capable of being thrown further compared to any of it's contemporary competitors. The Model 24 was succeeded by the Model 1939 which was one ounce heavier at 22 ounces, was also two inches longer in length (16 inches total) and most importantly contained an even larger charge of 200 grains of High-Explosive (HE). The main difference between the model 24 and the later ones (Model's 39 and 43) is that the detonation system which uses a cord attached to a friction-activated igniter-detonator system inside the canister, is a bit different aesthetically. The method of ignition for both models is pulling the cord which ran through the hollow wooden 'stick' part of the grenade. The cord in the Model 24 had a tiny bit of slack with the cord attached to a porcelain bead. The porcelain bead was held in place until needed to be pulled (activating the grenade) by a zinc screw cap which made up the end of the Stielhandgranate. The activation was as simple as unscrewing the cap and tugging on the porcelain bead right before throwing.

The difference is that the Model 1939 doesn't have the porcelain ball, instead the cord is secured to the screw cap which would merely be unscrewed and pulled before throwing... There was however another completely different shaped grenade that Germany developed in 1939 called the Eihandgranate which translates as Egg-hand-Grenade... And as an added bit of information because I hate to leave thing's half-finished...

There was a few modified versions of the stick grenade, one was the Nebel Handgranate Model 1939 which had a composition of powdered zinc/hexachlorethane and when ignited it orgasm'd smoke through eight holes in it's metal cylinder...

Now about your statement with concussion grenades, they actually were not intended as you might think. There are two types of grenades, offensive and defensive. This may sound stupid as grenades are just objects that you throw and hopefully it explodes and kills the enemy and so on... But actually there are logical and good reasons to have two differing types of grenades, first the 'concussion' grenade you mentioned. The concussive effect is actually more-or-less a product of the original intent on the design. Offensive grenades have this concussive effect, and that would've been the greater part of the grenades produced by Germany so you're absolutely correct. The reasoning behind all this is simple, in an offensive designed grenade you will have more of an explosive charge and less fragmentation effect. The reason is that you will be in theory closer to your enemy in this situation and you don't want fragmentation coming back at you. So a greater yield of concussive effects is the byproduct of design and manufacture as these differences were made in the same grenade casing with limited space. So a defensive grenade? Is the same model with higher fragmentation yield at the expensive of a bit less explosive charge. In theory, again you would be behind cover in a situation like this, and therefore not have to worry about where and how far the fragmentation effect goes...

There's also a lil bit of trivia, very few grenades designed by any nation and used during the second world war was as effective on the field as in the development labs, there are differing reasons for this but they mainly have to do with poor understanding of exactly how to make grenades really fragment effectively... The design you see on the stereotypical WWII grenade, the checkering and so on is an attempt to help increase fragmentation (it didn't), there were 'sleeves' to put over grenades, often to make them supposedly more effective and I really don't know that they made them more effective as I haven't heard any data on them...

[uloveme]

And up above is what happens when I get bored waiting for my sleeping pills to work lol!