Hand Grenades | Weapons Battlefield 4 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Grenades in Battlefield 4 not only provide you with the opportunity to eliminate the enemy hiding behind a cover (even as many as several of them at once). Thanks to their diversity, and function, they also perform tactical roles, which may dramatically alter the course of combat. At your disposal, there are explosive grenades, incendiary, smoke, flashbang and even flares. Each one of the kinds, even the "harmless" ones, have their purpose and they provide the player with capabilities on a scale unseen earlier. In this chapter, you will find all of the information concerning the available types of grenades - ranging from the BLAST RADIUS to usage in a less conventional way.

One thing worth mentioning at the beginning is the possibility to "boil" the grenade before you throw it. Not many realize that, but you do not need to throw the grenade right after you press the button. To boil the grenade, you need to press the throwing button and hold down the shoot button immediately afterwards. The grenade will remain in your hand for as long as you hold down the shoot button. What are the opportunities it creates? Most grenades explode after a pre-determined period of time, and not as a result of impact. Holding the grenade and throwing it right before it explodes, deprives the enemy of the opportunity to take cover, or escape, before the grenade goes off.

M67 FRAG

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	1
RANGE	~35 meters
DAMAGE	100
BLAST RADIUS	Up to 7 meters

A typical "throw and forget" type of grenade, available, so far, in all of the installments of the game. It bounces off obstacles, thanks to which it can be thrown from behind a corner. It eliminates, or maims the enemy at the other side.

V40 MINI

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	3
RANGE	~45 meters
DAMAGE	80
BLAST RADIUS	up to 7 meters

Just like the frag grenade M67, it bounces off walls and it can be thrown over a bit longer distances. Although it inflicts less damage, everyone by default has three such grenades so, you can pepper the unaware enemy with a hail of explosions.

RGO IMPACT

TIME FUSE	no, explodes on impact
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	2
RANGE	~35 meters
DAMAGE	67
BLAST RADIUS	up to 7 meters

The RGO is a grenade that deals the least damage but, its arguable advantage is the fact that it has no time fuse - it explodes on impact with a hard surface. Thanks to this one, you can surprise the enemy who has no time to escape from the explosion . The upside is that you have two such grenades on you.

M34 INCENDIARY

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	1
RANGE	~32 meters
DAMAGE	99 within 3,5 seconds
BLAST RADIUS	up to 7 meters

The incendiary grenade releases a screen of phosphorus which, while burning, deals damage to anyone within its reach. The damage is the smaller, the further away from the fire the enemy is staying, or the faster he leaves the area near the fire. It is not the type of grenade that you would use for fast elimination of the enemy and it is better to use it to "soften the enemy" and wreak havoc. It is ideal in narrow corridors and tight areas occupied by the enemy. Another situation it can be used in is when it is necessary to stop or slow down pursuit, by throwing the grenade at one's own feet or behind, while escaping. The M34 grenade also offers mild blinding effect and a short-lasting screen of smoke.

M18 SMOKE

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	3
RANGE	~37 meters
DAMAGE	None - smoke screen for 17 seconds
BLAST RADIUS	up to 7 meters

This grenade can be used in many different ways to support tactical actions. The smoke screen makes it impossible for the enemy to spot you, but it does not obstruct your squad's vision. For a short period of time, the screen of smoke blocks off the enemy's visuals, thanks to which you can make an onslaught on the enemy positions easier, or cover your tactical retreat. Smoke grenades can be combined with infrared vision or thermal vision, because you can thanks to them completely ignore the screen and surprise the enemy by eliminating them through smoke. This, of course, also works the other way round and the screen will prove useless if the enemy has such a vision on his disposal.

The opponent will usually expect that there will be enemy players trying to get behind the smoke, which is why you should be smart using the grenades. Otherwise, you could encounter a hail of bullets, or grenades, at the other side of the screen. One of the most interesting uses of the grenade is throwing it in a direction completely different than the direction of the intended attack. This will confuse the enemy who will be expecting the player to arrive from the side of the smoke screen, at which point you can surprise him from a completely different direction.

M84 FLASHBANG

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	2
RANGE	~37 meters
DAMAGE	5 + blinding for 2,5 seconds
BLAST RADIUS	up to 10 meters - decreases with distance

The flashbang grenade is used to blind and (to a limited extent) deafen the enemy to attack his positions. It comes in handy while clearing the rooms occupied by enemies but, the time of effectiveness is so short that the attack needs to take place right after the bang, otherwise the enemy will regain his sight and will be ready for the player to arrive. It is possible to kill with a flashbang grenade, although this is rare an occurrence, because the enemy would have to have less than 5 health points.

HAND FLARE

TIME FUSE	yes, 3,5 seconds
DEFAULT NUMBER EQUIPPED	3
RANGE	~43 meters
DAMAGE	None - lights for 1,5 minutes and produces bright light
BLAST RADIUS	---

Flare is an interesting gadget, which is not that popular. The basic problem is its restricted functionality, which is lighting dark areas, or marking enemy targets. Well organized groups may use flares to mark location that a friendly vehicle may collect them from, or to mark locations where the enemy snipers are staying. This is facilitated by the considerable range of the flare. It offers a mild blinding effect but also blinds completely the enemies using infrared or thermal visions.