Sticky Bomb: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Borderlands]]'' has various sticky bomb mods that can be attached to your Protean Grenades, with the expected result.

* ''[[Shadow Warrior]]'' has these as a weapon. They look like small, metallic spheres with spikes. Can be stuck to the walls or to enemies, and explode if someone is in vicinity for a while.

* ''[[Lost Planet]] 2'' has the [[Deadly Disc|Disc Grenade]] and the aptly named Gum Grenade.

* ''[[Call of Duty]] World At War'' has the aforementioned No. 74 sticky bomb.

 

* During [[World War Two]], the British developed an anti-tank grenade that was little more than a [[wikipedia:Sticky bomb|bottle of nitroglycerine coated with glue]]. The user was expected to run up to an enemy tank, smack the grenade onto the armour, and hope to make it to a safe distance before it went off. Although the whole idea was clearly insane, the "sticky bomb" was nevertheless cheap and quick to manufacture - important advantages given that the British were expecting an [[Last Stand|imminent Nazi invasion]] and had been forced to abandon most of their anti-tank guns during the [[wikipedia:Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk evacuation]]. The main drawback was that it was terrifyingly easy for the user to get an [[Oh Crap|armed grenade stuck to themselves]]. In the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/93/a2159093.shtml words] of one [[The Home Front|Home Guard]] volunteer:

** Not surprisingly, the Sticky Bombs were quickly replaced with more reliable Anti-Tank weapons, like the Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) Spigot Mortar. And given the major shortcomings of the PIAT (cocking the weapon required considerable strength, especially if done while prone to avoid detection; the projectile would fall out of the tube if it was aimed downwards!), that should tell you how bad the sticky bomb was.

* The origin of the nailed bomb version would probably be the petard, a siege weapon consisting of a large explosive nailed to a castle door. [[William Shakespeare]] references just how easy it was to blow yourself up with it, hence naming [[Hoist by His Own Petard|the trope]].