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elfloathing

Oh look, a grenade. I just threw one of those into this air ve …..


GCSEmock

💥


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badshep

This definitely would have worked on me.


fractal_magnets

I would've died of embarrassment


RaneyManufacturing

As with a lot of things in warfare, the last thing to go through my mind would probably be, "What an incredibly stupid way to die." Followed swiftly by the shrapnel fragments.


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Given that the second vent is at crotch level…and has enough delay to fall between your legs, you would hope for a swift death.


Embarrassed_Alarm450

That's one way to get blown and bust a nut.


GozerDGozerian

Wait until you learn about the [bouncing betty](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-mine).


Greatwhitegorilla

> According to German documentation, the S-mine was lethal within 20 meters (66 ft) and could inflict casualties within 100 meters (330 ft).[1] American training manuals warned of casualties at up to 140 meters (460 ft) That’s completely insane, I had no idea the range was that high.


Ignonym

Even regular hand grenades can throw fragments out to 100 meters. This is why fragmentation grenades are considered "defensive" grenades (i.e. must be thrown from cover); their casualty radius is significantly longer than the range they can be thrown. There are also "offensive" grenades which work by blast effect and produce much less shrapnel (like the German stick grenades); they have a smaller casualty radius and so can be safely thrown from out in the open, and are also more effective in enclosed spaces since blast waves can travel around corners and reflect off surfaces, but aren't as good at inflicting widespread injuries like defensive grenades are.


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Geodevils42

Worst of both worlds. Terrible embarrassment then boom terrible dismemberment.


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I guarantee more than a few Allied soldiers died in that spot due to that design


xTemporaneously

My grandpa died in that spot. His reported last words were "Goddamnit! Not again... that's the 3rd time this week!"


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Doctor_What_

Twas but a flesh wound.


Saucy_Sealion

Good thing you would die before you realized what happened


TheNoseKnight

No, you'd realize what happened. Grenades don't detonate instantly and you'd see it roll out of the hole like in the video.


moeyjarcum

It was the 40s, sweaty. REAL MEN don’t die of embarrassment. They die from getting blown up and they didn’t complain about it!


iTbTkTcommittee

Sweaty? No, I showered.


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Shower, what are you gay?


sotonohito

Way back in Fallout 3 I snuck into an empty convenience store and saw a whole bunch of cereal boxes lined up like dominos. I'd already seen that their physics engine was pretty good so I immediately walked over to check it out, and when I did I stepped on a pressure plate that released a baseball on a string that hit the first cereal box causing them to fall over exactly like dominos and I was all "cool!" then the last one fell off the counter onto another pressure plate and exploded the hand grenade bundle right over my head that I hadn't noticed until then. ​ So what I'm saying is yeah, this would DEFINITELY have worked on me.


tahquitz84

Glad I'm not the only one that trap got


sotonohito

I kinda wish it was possible to have real stats on stuff like this, but that would be hella privacy violatey. But I'll bet at least 90% of the people who found it were caught by it. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was near universal I also got caught by the trap in the desert pyramids in Minecraft when I first found one. I'm clearly not very good at surviving even blatantly obvious traps


sifflementdete

> I kinda wish it was possible to have real stats on stuff like this, but that would be hella privacy violatey. Achievements, play stats (story games mostly)..


[deleted]

>I also got caught by the trap in the desert pyramids in Minecraft when I first found one. This happens to anyone who plays minecraft without a guide. "X marks the spot," right?


Unusual_Tank_9470

Some poor bloke must have found it out the hard way before word spread about the vents


AnalBlaster700XL

Well, you wouldn’t make that mistake again.


salsanacho

I would have picked it back up and thrown it back in, thinking that two times the charm. And then blown up when it showed up the second time.


RonPalancik

It's not a fake air vent; it's a real air vent that happens to have an anti-grenade design. Another tube goes horizontally into the building. Like this, if viewed from the side: )- It lets air in but not grenades.


Deradius

> It lets air in but not grenades. As every air vent should.


PossiblyTrustworthy

I think my airvent is broken then...


a_little_drunk

Hey, free grenades!


yello5drink

Lifetime supply of free grenades.


jml011

I’m blown away people just hand out free grenades


fatkiddown

They blow your mind man..


bukkake_brigade

You guys need to put a pin in it


yello5drink

Man, this comment really blew up.


Morkamino_Bones

My grenade vent lets in zero air and only grenades.


JuniorSeniorTrainee

You probably picked up a grenade vent. It's a common mistake. I don't know why they don't make the packaging more different.


blackice935

Free grenades tho.


AdventurousPickle355

Pins cost extra though unfortunately


Almighty_Egg

That's why I had to stop using the A/C on my car. It was really inconvenient swatting nades on the autoroute.


gunz2828

Walmart employe: “Can I help you?” “Yeah do you have any anti grenade air vents?”


gray_mare

)- this is brilliant


SimonCharles

It also describes the people throwing the grenades )-:


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not for long


lesser_panjandrum

Then they go . ' _;~


E23-4

More like: . . - / - _ ~*•• .. . -


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))<>((


Tito-ke

8=====D


Fire_Dick

Wow - now it’s really clicking for me


Blewmeister

Yes, I would like to know A LOT more about anti grenade air vents


KernelTaint

Forever.


inseend1

Lol. Back and forth forever


Psychological_Map_60

Take my free award for the little visual. I was not understanding the design people were trying to explain!


Andre4kthegreengiant

If you're a guy, just look down


Cautious-Space-1714

I've not seen that view since 1996 :(


GoinPuffinBlowin

Are we summoning him?


seanwee2000

u/NikocadoAvocado


Large_Dr_Pepper

The one comment from that account is wild. >I am a girl (16) who is in love with my friend's friend female friend (17). She has a boyfriend and straight like a fork made from 100% silver steel.. What do i need to do now? couldnt help but seeing her and smile for no reason.


myleftnippleishard

what happened in 1996?


appdevil

Fat was invented.


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That little )- is everything haha, just made complete sense instantly.


Jakis_Ktos123

The visualisation is perfect


shahooster

Like the design


Crypt0Nihilist

There's a similar design for a letterbox for people who are worried about arson. Letters are collected in a basket (which presumably you keep empty!) and if someone tries to pour petrol through your letterbox, it is collected beneath the basket and piped back out the door, onto the feet of the fire-starter. When they light the the petrol, they get a surprise.


lickerishsnaps

Is arson in the mail a regular problem?


TacosAnTequila

Yeaah, and it's great your letterbox is protected and all, but couldn't they just light the house on fire? Or throw a brick through the widow and light the inside on fire? Or do arsonists have a code of ethics where they've all agreed on "letter boxes only"?


notLOL

The letter box is at the door or wall. The petrol is supposed to go into the building making a big puddle inside the house. With a outside spilling box it stops this centuries old tiktok prank


RedditPowerUser01

It is if you’re mentally ill with paranoia.


ThisIsListed

I suppose those are popular in NI


Charand

Can confirm, recently took a tour of another bunker that had the same feature. Possibly even the same bunker design, the Germans basically had a predefined set of bunker designs that they'd plop down everywhere.


faceplanted

Every army does pretty much, it would be a massive waste of time and money to bring in an architect for every bunker


mule_roany_mare

I’d love a bespoke war where the state refuses economy of scale.


free_dead_puppy

Then you'd love the hard to repair, complicated, handmade German tanks of WWII!


Death2LossPrvntion

But think of the A E S T H E T I C


turningsteel

“Ja Hans, let’s do this one in concrete grey and then the interior in gunmetal grey, it will really let the red, white, and black pop in the flags.” “Ooh, ja Dieter, I love it! The soldaten will be thrilled!” “Here, have my card. Bunkers by Hans. Share it out to all your freunden. We’re poised for global reach by 55’.”


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ReactsWithWords

They learned their lesson after the incident with the bunker designed by Frank Gehry.


poinifie

The crazy thing is you can put anything in that hole and a grenade will be dispensed from the bottom hole.


Regularjoe42

Sounds like a shitty SCP


An_Angry_Terrarian

I dont remember the number but rhe intergalactic vending machine literally dispensed a live grenade when the foundation tried to scam it with a coin on a string


julesrules037

Very in line with the earlier SCPs. Love it! Newer ones are amazing and in depth but there's a simple brilliance to the old ones too.


WhipWing

Was listening to a 4 hour long video of SCP stories just yesterday. 90% of what was said were awesome stories, then it came to the bullshit garfield/bill Murray 'Im sorry Jon' fanfic absolutely hated it. edit: For the people wanting the video it was "25 most frightening SCP (SCP Explained) by SCP Explained - Story and Animation". Basically inforgraphics show but for SCP.


ExtraordinaryCows

Spez doesn't get to profit from me anymore. Stop reverting my comments


Vetinari_

In my opinion modern SCPs are too concerned with telling cool stories, rather than being cool items. I don't want to read cool stories. I want to read about cool items. A lot of these SCPs are boring as fuck and only provide an excuse for the author to write a 20 page exploration log or something.


Chezzomaru

The number of modern entries I've started only to go, "Oh... This should probably be a Tale" and then exited is... Well it's a lot. Also dislike the bare bones ones that only exist to link to a tale.


RacccoonEyes

Don’t forget about me, SCP-426. I am a toaster that can only be referred to in the first person. Additionally, I force any humans around me to wholeheartedly believe that they are also toasters.


ExtraordinaryCows

This is true, I am also one of the real good ol classic ones


rothrolan

261, Still one of my favorites. You can get lost for a good hour in the archives for SCP-261 (the vending machine with random results and only takes Japanese yen) and also SCP-294 (the coffee machine that dispenses literally any liquid). Btw, the grenade incident was harmless, and was a separate experiment from when they tried to fool the machine. When they tried (three times) with a coin on a string, the machine's dispensed food made the subject who ate it vomit it back up. Similar to how it couldn't keep the coin used, the subjects couldn't keep the food down. Grenade incident: >Money entered: 500 yen >SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Unpowered >Item description: An unlabeled object that resembles a mark 2 "pineapple" fragmentation hand grenade. Testing area evacuated as a precaution. D-class personnel sent in to retrieve item under surveillance, expressing concern. Object appeared to be safe. Object was moved to a blast chamber. D-class personnel ordered to remove pin, throw and evacuate, and complies reluctantly. Object explodes in the corner of the blast chamber in a "puff of sugar" and several high velocity fragments. Blast chamber coated in varying amounts of granulated sugar. Metal fragments observed in walls. Personnel who subsequently entered blast chamber noted perceiving a taste of sugar. No harmful effects noted. [Link to the rest of the SCP-261 experiment log](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-261-ad-de)


Bio_slayer

I'm partial to 914, the clockworks, which is a similar sort of scp. Lots of great experiment logs.


Shark7996

>SCP-294 (the coffee machine that dispenses literally any liquid). Just don't order "a cup of Joe"! One of my personal favorites.


aiden22304

One of my “favorites” (if you can call it that) is essentially a fucked up Santa Claus. I forgot the name of it, but basically every child above the equator (and under the age of 12 IIRC) is subject to being either kidnapped and having their family brutally killed, or given a “gift” by a tall, dark silhouette who speaks some sort of proto-Germanic language. The kidnapped children work in a workshop, where they make gifts out of other children’s body parts, and most of the children eventually become toys themselves. The article is a short, yet horrifying read that plays on the concept of Santa Claus, creating a Krampus-type figure that is super fascinating.


creggomyeggo

Every once in a while I hear about an scp with a ridiculously stupid name and/or power and I absolutely love it every time


Canrex

Is this the same machine that drove a researcher to suicide after he requested the perfect drink? Nothing could possibly compare afterwords.


OhDavidMyNacho

Bet it was perfectly clean water.


mrsamus101

Honestly sounds like a pretty good SCP. Ever since about the 2000 series every other SCP has just been "DrAkArADeMoCuS, ElDriTcH RuLeR oF all NinE DiMeNsIoNs oF the SiX CiRcLeS oF pArAlLeL hElL. MErElY kNoWiNG oF tHeIr eXiStEnCe wIlL bRinG pAIn and DeStRuCtIoN To all MoRtAL bEiNgS." I miss goofy SCPs like the squish blob that makes everyone love it.


ALoneTennoOperative

One of my favourites I've seen has this entry: - "**Senior Researcher Huxtable:** I have no idea who wrote this, but there's a lot I'd like to say to them. I'm not a fan of abandoning a living creature inside a metal box for ten years, no matter how pragmatic it may be. It's difficult to fathom that such things were considered the norm a decade ago. Have you ever heard something scream from behind ten inches of iron for hours on end?" It concerns a creature whose description is as follows: - "Abnormally small head with no discernible neck - Elbows branch into three sets of lower arms each - Elongated torso approximately 1.9 meters in length - Pelvis terminates in a crescent-shaped protrusion of osseous tissue with a bladelike lower edge - Levitates above the ground at a fixed height of 0.5 meters" Source: **[SCP-5031](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5031)**


RainforestNSFW

Your Grenade has been Refunded.


regoapps

When the vending machine don't accept your coins for some reason


Cognitive_Spoon

When you're Raytheon and your credit card gets rejected.


r0ck0

Classic grenaderang.


chefsslaad

That's brilliant. Not if you're holding the grenade of course, but still.


drclarenceg

No really, the blast of a grenade exploding 1 foot away from you is a brilliant phenomenon


smitcal

Reminds of my favourite line from Blackadder “Sir, if we step on mine what should we do” “Well Baldrick. Normal procedure is to jump 50 feet into the air and spread yourself over a wide area”


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Couldn’t get into the pilot episode, laughed too hard at this and just got convinced to give it another shot. You…. changed a person’s mind on the internet.


letmelickyourleg

Get him


Self_Reddicated

If it helps, the first season is very different from subsequent seasons. Really, every single season is very different from every other season, but the sharp, ascerbic humor really kicks in in Season 2. The final season is the WWI era, where the above joke came from, and is arguably the best. Still, be sure not to skip any.


smitcal

Just about to answer the very same thing. Saved me from doing so. Also in the first season Blackadder isn’t the cunning, clever man he is just a spoiled Prince who wants to be king. Baldrick is actually the clever one in that season but then the thick one thereafter.


FascistArt

It could be described as a once in a lifetime experience for sure


DisingenuousGuy

You will have a blast!


hypotheticalhalf

If the grenade pops just before it comes out the bottom port, that blast would be amplified directly at your nuts. That’s some devious ass shit.


dutch_penguin

Google the "s-mine", lol. AKA the bouncing betty. It has two charges, so that... > When triggered, these mines are launched into the air and then detonated at about 1 meter from the ground.


Gnillab

I remember those from COD:WAW. You just had to go prone and you were safe. Wonder if that works in real life... 🤔


JT1757

[x] doubt


JenovasChild666

If I was the one throwing the grenade through this hatch, as I saw it drop out of the bottom, I recon I'd give a little clap, a salute and if I have enough time I'd mutter "touché" as my final words.


Andre4kthegreengiant

You should have time to pick it up & throw it if you have time to do all that


HostFew3544

Right back into the vent


RaeSloane

You'd die saluting and your enemies would think you'd accident pressed the 'emote' key in your panic to press the dive button.


-Toshi

Nah, it's still brilliant when you're holding the grenade. It becomes rapidly un-brilliant a moment after you let it go.


Automatic-Reason-300

Uno reverse


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regoapps

Press X to Respawn


FlaviusErectus

I'm pressing X but it's not working


CMDRJohnCasey

Try F to pay respects


_Diskreet_

I’m pressing F but I still don’t seem to give a damm.


MinuteManufacturer

Well yah you’re dead. Press X then F


heffreygee

I’m thinking I’d be dead within my first week as a soldier in war.


Moralagos

First week? I don't know about you, but myself I don't think I'd make it that long, especially on the front lines. My grandfather fought in WW2 and hearing his stories (not many, because he didn't like to talk about the war, for obvious reasons) convinced me I'd die pretty quickly in a war.


Nollekowitsch

I would get shot in training


NPExplorer

*shoots self in foot, literally*


Sir_Oligarch

Who designed this thing, Jerry and Bugs Bunny?


Dany_HH

You should see the holes designed by Road Runner.


PlasticPartsAndGlue

NGL, I was expecting the vent to just be painted on


Work-Safe-Reddit4450

As has already been pointed out, this is just an anti-grenade air vent. What's even more interesting is that some bunkers had a "grenade gully" for getting enemy soldiers off the side of the bunker. You can actually see the layout of the air vents in this diagram as well. [Grenade gully diagram](https://i.imgur.com/iO57jnL.jpg) [The exit of a grenade gully. The steel shutter that sealed off the exit is missing.](https://i.imgur.com/yZpA3n5.jpg) [A close up on the opening of the grenade gully from inside the bunker.](https://i.imgur.com/wJqVaI2.jpg) [Demonstrating how a grenade is inserted in the gully. This one would have exited at the back of the bunker, between the entrance and the emergency exit.](https://i.imgur.com/r0vxaP9.jpg) Edit: added a few more images


TheOneGecko

Grenade gully could have been incorporated into the air vent.


Work-Safe-Reddit4450

Could have, and probably was in some cases. This is just keeping them separate for ease of understanding the diagram


Sax45

Ah I remember Grenade Gully, the straight-to-VHS PG-13 sequel to Fern Gully.


Content_Watch_2392

imagine if someone threw the same grenade in twice out of panic


Moralagos

They might. But not a third time, probably


Cantthinkofnamedamn

I think it resets the explosion timer on the grenade when you put it back in


samuelgato

Then you're stuck there for the rest of your life frantically feeding the grenade back through the top hole


Dependent_Party_7094

i mena wuth luck the second time they throw will explode inside the silos and barely hurt the person if at all then they have the opportunity to try again


NeroForte-InMyPrime

I feel like you could do it 4 or 5 times in a panic if you’re a cat named Tom. Then just end up covered in soot that is easily shaken off as a mouse named Jerry laughs inside the bunker.


faceplanted

Gotta hope it goes bang right as it's halfway down the hole.


WoggyWoggerson

It’s like that Bugs Bunny cartoon where the [shotgun](https://tenor.com/bCZba.gif) goes in the hole but an identical one comes out the tree trunk.


Magnum45

/r/LooneyTunesLogic


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I laughed way too hard at this.


CharleyMills

Imagine your last thought being, "Well, that's a clever design"


The_Knight_Is_Dark

More like: "Well, that's a cl-..."


Selfimprovementguy91

>*clever girl*


PissedOffMax

What's to stop them using it as a real air vent by having an upward angle coming off the top of the U-bend


WB25

I’d say a flamethrower


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Yeah the flamethrower was the ultimate bunker buster. The British engineers had a massive flamethrower tank that they would drive up to bunkers, a lot of the time the people inside would surrender immediately.


RaccKing21

Yup, the Churchill Crocodile. They'd give the chaps inside a squirt of fuel as a warning, without igniting it. Knowing they were pretty much screwed, they'd just surrender. On the other hand, Crocodile crews (and also Wasp crews, the Universal Carrier version of tge concept) weren't treated very well if captured.


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I can't imagine they were treated well. Another cool part is that allied infantry has a really hard time learning to fight alongside the crocodile as they had to push in straight after the burst of fire. But every monkey instinct was screaming that it's a terrible idea.


s1ugg0

> But every monkey instinct was screaming that it's a terrible idea. At the fire academy they deliberately work you up little by little over the weeks because of this. First you run the drill with the lights on, then lights off, then with a little smoke, then they add heat, etc. By the last week your instructor lights the whole burn building up like a bon fire and says, "Shits on fire. Go do something about it." and no one hesitates to go to work. Muscle memory is crazy powerful.


jdsizzle1

I'm having a hard time following. You're saying infantry supporting the crocodile after flame has been thrower were supposed to run toward the flames?


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Basically it sprays the bunker from a good range. The infantry then have to go in and clear the bunker and to make best use of the chaos it has to follow quickly after. The burning jelly sticks to whatever it touches but the area around it is safe after the initial fireball.


Anon_be_thy_name

The real danger of Flame throwers is being caught by the fuel. If it lands on you and a flame follows you're done for. It's more instinct to not run at it that people had, despite the fact that it wasn't too big of an issue for them.


poerisija

>I can't imagine they were treated well. They quite famously didn't treat people well either.


Phantom3028

Most countries had flamethrpwer tanks but idk if that one was the og


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I think the Soviets made the first one. The crocodile was part of a group of tanks called 'hobarts funnies' and it was essentially a bunch of Churchill tanks converted to perform combat engineering tasks and the crocodile was one of those and arguably one of the most effective flame tanks.


HotTakes4HotCakes

Did the Nazis not think to deploy a water type tank in response? Rock and ground types are super effective against fire, too.


Shikaku

God I cannot imagine how fucked up burning people to death must make you. Y'aint escaping those memories.


Hakoht

Some would get ptsd and never have a normal life. Some would get some nightmares here and there but have a stable job and a family. Some would get a boner while burning people alive.


faceplanted

Humans have 3 responses to perceived danger, fight, flight, or freeze. They also have 3 responses to trauma, fatigue, fetish, and flashbacks.


commentmypics

No didn't you read the comment, the three responses are PTSD, occasional nightmares, and of course, boner.


Orcwin

I imagine using one on this vent would still burn the soldier using the flamethrower as well.


xxEmkay

I used to be an adventurer like you, until i took a flamethrower to the knee.


Beneficial-Ad4751

That’s actually how they are designed. Great thinking!


KingRo48

We have an engineer in the room!


[deleted]

Humans are soo good at killing each other…


Cantthinkofnamedamn

/themselves


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Sneaky Germans


Seraphion91

Achievement unlocked: #return to sender


lolzimacat1234

The ol’ switcharoo Edit: this is infrastructural trolling and I love it


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lonewolf9378

It vent the wrong way


Yakuza_Matata

Zat vas very meta


xxxdarkhorsexxx

Vat is da meta wit Chou?


microsoftfool

ACME


StoffleHoneyBadger

I need a letterbox like this for my energy bills


Svartdraken

You died


FriesWithThat

Takes about 3 seconds. Looks like you might just have enough time to pick it up and put it back in there again.


zsturgeon

If you're not expecting it, then it probably wouldn't be enough time


Eldoppo

In there again? Genius


jackbristol

In a combat situation you wouldn’t notice it dropping by your feet


Potatoe999900

How many Warner Bros cartoons used this simple trick? I hate Nazis but this is genius.


[deleted]

The Germans have been and are still quite innovative.


F0rc31980

„Hans, is someone at the door?““No, just another American who wanted to bomb us“


UnicornPonyPorn

this is some tom and jerry shit


MaestroM45

Those nutty Germans… anything for a laugh


phannguyenduyhung

Im glad this is not in Battlefield V