Grenades

The armed Norwegian readies a grenade as seen in The Thing (1982).

Grenades are any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. A variety of hand grenades exist, the most common being explosive grenades designed to detonate after impact or after a set amount of time. The weapon first appears in the 1982 film The Thing and is frequently used throughout the various films, comic-books and video-games as one of the explosive methods of destroying the Thing.

Grenade types, as seen in The Thing's instruction manual.

Grenade Types (2002 game)

There are 4 types of grenades featured in the 2002 video-game, with the first two grouped together in the Field Manual. Blake can't carry more than 10 of each type.

• Standard Grenade - These are standard fragmentation grenades.
• High-Explosive Grenade - A more powerful version of the standard grenade with both greater damage and area of effect.
• Stun Grenade - A grenade variant capable of creating Flash-Bangs, use them to stun and confuse the enemy. Forces humans to drop their weapons - friend or foe.
• Flame Grenade - A grenade variant which damage and spread fire within its blast radius. Capable of finishing off Things.

Gallery

A crate of Norwegian grenades, as seen in The Thing (1982).

High-Explosive Grenade, as seen in The Thing (video-game).

A pair of flame grenades, as seen in The Thing (video-game).

Stun Grenade, as seen in The Thing (video-game).