Nades are my sencond best firends. Next to my rifle, I can get those scared nOObs hiding behind walls too afraid to come out cause Ill shoot them. And theres nothign more fun then having 10 nades go off next to you and living I mean common admit it you like that feeling. unless you die. And if you want to see powerful nades I suggest going to a server with Nuke Nades like Shear Mayham. All you have to do is see it and your dead. Thats when the game gets fun. M16:
Like Joe said, grenades cause a lot of damage. I beleive the M19 had a blast radius of 8 meters. Just imagine a little tin can filled with ball bearings and composition B (C4 is today's equivalent). Big boom with lots of metal flyin out at ya. The potato masher wasnt nearly as powerful (from what I've read). It's blast was only around 6 meters and the shrapnel factor wasnt nearly as high (Shrapnel to explosion count). So in fact, the grenades should be MORE powerful if y ask me.