Patent ID: 8136437

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a hand grenade, comprising: a. providing a base including a fuse receiver; b. providing a sleeve attached to said base, with said base and said sleeve defining an enclosed interior; c. providing a core sleeve; d. providing a first holding fixture configured to hold said base with said attached sleeve; e. providing a core sleeve locating fixture; f. placing said base and said attached sleeve in said first holding fixture; g. placing said core sleeve in said enclosed interior inside said base and said sleeve, with said core sleeve being located by said core sleeve locating fixture; h. providing an explosive which can be compressed to form a solid; i. filling said interior of said base and said sleeve with said explosive; j. compressing said explosive lying within said interior of said base and said sleeve to form a solid; k. providing a nose cap; and l. attaching said nose cap to said sleeve.