Video: Chinese soldiers passing a live grenade

Topics: China

As China has turned into an economic super power, it has begun putting more and more resources into growing its military. While they build up their Navy and Air Force with bigger and better equipment, apparently the Chinese have some unusual training methods for improving their ground forces.

A video allegedly broadcast on state-run television shows Chinese soldiers passing around what appears to be a smoking grenade or explosive pack of some sort. Then one of the soldiers tosses the burning package into a hole and the several soldiers in the circle dive out of the way just before it explodes.

While the incident could easily be confused for a training fluke, apparently it's a training regimen, as what appears to be two separate groups of soldiers perform the drill.

The Atlantic Wire reports: "It looks to be part of a military demonstration for dignitaries. According a to a rough translation of the Chinese broadcast, it seems that the explosive in the video along with the the other stunts (jumping through rings of fire, etc.) are real. They are drills and military exercises but the CCTV broadcast seems to indicate that it is indeed a live explosive."

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by captchris January 26, 2012 11:43 AM EST: he drops it at his feet gees look at it close so all you republicans can take your finger off the missile firing button; Reply to this comment


by captchris January 26, 2012 11:40 AM EST: acually china owns 8% of our debt; Reply to this comment

by 4july January 25, 2012 2:38 PM EST

Note to self: start exporting shorter fuses.

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by pammmmmm January 26, 2012 12:40 PM EST: Hahaha


by merlegrimes January 29, 2012 4:19 PM EST: Why have a fuse at all, just pull the pin and Boom!


by JavMD January 25, 2012 11:17 AM EST: its NOT soldiers and Boredom people... it's the Chinese doning gasmasks and practicing 'crisis' situations. you know... like an American soldier throwing a grenade at them in a future war.

There is way too many of them than us. Be nice to the chinese, they own our debt and are becoming the next World Power !

we only have their asian massage parlours here... which has many happy endings... Chinese mafia... holding the girls; Reply to this comment

by nancy_naive January 25, 2012 10:02 AM EST

Soldiers and boredom... makes for some interesting games.

Like, playing mumbly peg with a live grenade, or killing unarmed civilians.

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by SJames6621 February 4, 2012 4:00 PM EST: Witthe advent of most people accepting our gay friends and neighbors, there are plenty of videos of our soldiers (with some clothes on,

Playing hump with each other. HIlariaous.


by Rafterman11 January 25, 2012 9:39 AM EST: I'm not exactly sure what the point of that exercise is (assuming that was a "live" grenade). If you have a grenade, you pull the pin and throw it. There is no battlefield condition where you would ever be required to play hot potato with a live grenade. Its a needless risk of lives and provides no benefit whatsoever.; Reply to this comment

by nativecc January 25, 2012 9:04 AM EST

They didn't drop it into the hole, they dropped it beside the hole. It isn't a live grenade. You can see it clearly at :18 seconds into the video.

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by nancy_naive January 25, 2012 10:05 AM EST: That's the training... the first is the "live fire" exercise.


by Jhihmoac January 25, 2012 8:09 AM EST: Like a game of "Hot Potato"....sort of...; Reply to this comment


by ganguandaland January 25, 2012 7:23 AM EST: There are 1,339,724,852 Chinese...oops...make that 1,339,724,848.; Reply to this comment


by tmittelstaed January 25, 2012 3:02 AM EST: There is nothing in this video that is any different than what military groups like the Blue Angels do. Just like the Blue Angels it is obvious that this isn't a standard training regemin but instead that the soldiers had practiced this manuever repeatedly with props until they had got it mastered, then substituted a live explosive. And I am also sure that just like the Blue Angels, that the Chinese have experienced the occassional accident.; Reply to this comment