Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 99

I knew how to use these things. I'd blown up several German soldiers using their own grenades. And if I was lucky, I'd be adding two more Krauts to that list in a matter of moments.

I unscrewed the cap at the bottom of the wooden stick and shook it. A string slid out with a little ceramic ball on the end. The string ran up the inside of the wooden stick to the fuse. You pulled the string down and the friction would ignite the fuse in the top of the grenade.

Then you throw it and haul ass...