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      • essell@lemmy.world
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        2 个月前

        I think so, coz shrapnel is the stuff flying out randomly from the first “hit” 🤔

        • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 个月前

          Would that mean a grenade rarely causes direct damage? The explosion is really only designed to throw shrapnel

          • essell@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 个月前

            I guess that comes down to frame of reference…

            You don’t have to hit a guy with the grenade itself, the indirect shrapnel will do the work.

            • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 个月前

              Yeah, just a thought experiment, because we do consider shrapnel ancillary in the case of a bullet…

              I’m not sure if a grenade is a direct or indirect hit

              Rockets are similar where we call it a “direct hit” but realistically it’s just blowing up a large enough area that the target happened to be in the vicinity…

              • essell@lemmy.world
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                2 个月前

                Can definitely pick this apart, reminds me of examining forces in secondary school during physics exams.

                My thinking on the original point is that shrapnel is never aimed, even if deliberate, as you say it’s just there, it comes alongside the attacking action.

                Then again, in the sense that shrapnel typically goes directly from one place to another, it’s pretty direct

        • nyctre@piefed.socialEnglish
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          2 个月前

          Sure, but even tho it’s random, it’s still a direct shrapnel hit as opposed to a grazing hit, I think.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      2 个月前

      Maybe it would be if the shrapnel itself was going to hit his heart or spine?