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Long wooden handles don't go boom. Wasted space.
The grenade pouch has to be much longer to house them or the grenades are hung on a belt that can cause movement issues.
Throwing a ball is about as easy as throwing a stick. So no point for the stick shape.
Sticks don't go as far.
Yeah but the stick goes further because all the weight is at the end so it gets more momentum on the same throwing arc
Eh, the extra momentum probably doesn't overcome the extra weight and drag created by the handle. People are comparing it to an atlatl, but you're throwing an aerodynamic object with the atlatl, not the atlatl along with the spear.
More than likely the biggest reason is just logistics, extra weight, extra space, additional steps in fabrication.
Catapult vs trebuchet. The extra rotation point makes a world of difference.
Agree that the benefits dont quite outweigh the space issue though.
Upgrade: Splinter attack.
(Nevermind I saw someone elses comment:) Also i feel like I would be able to throw a stick one further, am I wrong?
I could definitely throw the stick one farther but I have a shoulder problem/disability.
Can't roll it into a bunker or small window.
Yah but how else will you advertise your secret fetish for fascism if you don't get unreasonably hung up on a specific piece of WWII German equipment?
I dunno. Eating human shit?
but ball can't give anyone pleasure
Not with that attitude.
Yeah youse just gotta tie a string to the pin so's it's safe to remove
Make sure to double knot it, you don't want to lose it in there.
Just gotta add some strong string.