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Old 03-03-2011, 08:17 PM
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I found this conversion the other day on the MythBusters forum: http://community.discovery.com/eve/f.../m/98319245001

This got me thinking that Coconut Grenades make a nice improvised weapon for Twilight 2000. But I'm have a little trouble figuring out the damage a black powder fill coconut would do. I figure that there would be no fragmentation, because the coconut would probable disintegrate once the black powder when off. But the rest I'm drawing a blank on.
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Old 03-03-2011, 08:27 PM
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I found this conversion the other day on the MythBusters forum: http://community.discovery.com/eve/f.../m/98319245001

This got me thinking that Coconut Grenades make a nice improvised weapon for Twilight 2000. But I'm have a little trouble figuring out the damage a black powder fill coconut would do. I figure that there would be no fragmentation, because the coconut would probable disintegrate once the black powder when off. But the rest I'm drawing a blank on.
fill it with black powder, nuts, bolts, screws, ball bearings, anything you can find. Or, wrap the outside with thin wire. Instant grenade!
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I found this conversion the other day on the MythBusters forum: http://community.discovery.com/eve/f.../m/98319245001

This got me thinking that Coconut Grenades make a nice improvised weapon for Twilight 2000. But I'm have a little trouble figuring out the damage a black powder fill coconut would do. I figure that there would be no fragmentation, because the coconut would probable disintegrate once the black powder when off. But the rest I'm drawing a blank on.
Two approaches -- one, treat them as concussion grenades.

Two -- figure out the average internal volume of a coconut, then figure out the net explosive weight of that amount of blackpowder, and proceed as above, only with the stats perhaps slightly tweaked.
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Two approaches -- one, treat them as concussion grenades.

Two -- figure out the average internal volume of a coconut, then figure out the net explosive weight of that amount of blackpowder, and proceed as above, only with the stats perhaps slightly tweaked.
Next you'll be asking about the airspeed of a laden African swallow...
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:41 PM
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I'd think sun baked clay wrapped around an explosive filler and impregnated with shrapnel would be MUCH easier than using coconuts.
Or if you've got some sticks of dynamite and gaffer tape, just tape the shrapnel to the explosive, throw in a detonator and some method of activating it and you're done.
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but you and run down to the super market and find them I mean who going to take Coconut when your looting the super makret, they are too hard to break open, the only two people I can think that would want them is the professor from Gilligan's Island or the somebody doing remake of Quest for the Holly Grail
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but you and run down to the super market and find them I mean who going to take Coconut when your looting the super makret, they are too hard to break open, the only two people I can think that would want them is the professor from Gilligan's Island or the somebody doing remake of Quest for the Holly Grail
The professor is who they are for, I'm adding them to his gear.
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Next you'll be asking about the airspeed of a laden African swallow...
Isn't that an unladen African Swallow?
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Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
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Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
Maybe we could use swallows to deliver the grenades?
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