[tomkat]

a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don't have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters

oy vey

[.44 Special]

Next will be Small Arms Qualification. We’ll show them a video instead.
These snowflakes are supposed to be the ones to defend us from the NORKS and the Chinky army?
We need to step back about 50 years.

[NativeSon]

Give them a try -one at a time- and the competency question is cleared up.

[trebb]

Makes sense - not all in the Army will be used in functions that would entail heaving a grenade - cheaper and more efficient to do better training with those who will

I spent 24 years in the AF and never had to pass a flight exam or math class for pilots....

[Midwesterner53]

Women don’t have the upper arm strength to throw them. So.....end of training. But not to worry, the military is being rebuilt.

[lepton]

Throwing is a very specific skill. A complex interaction between a number of muscles and muscle groups.

Even 40 years ago it was noted that the sports Americans play give them a large advantage in grenade use over most other nations. For most it was something already natural.

It’s much more than pure strength, and something most kids don’t do anymore.

[Neoliberalnot]

I recall the grenade throw in combat proficiency exam in military academy—just a dummy, but, I hit the stake 2 out of 3 times at 30 yards. I admit, there was some luck involved.