One reason I've heard it's that you can hold the spoon after pulling the pin on a pineapple grenade, but not on a stick
Plus, these are huge, not easy to carry several in addition to all your other gear.
If I remember correctly, the spherical design was mainly created to resemble a baseball. Since most US citizens knew how to throw a baseball at the time it would mean they didn't have to train soldiers as much
The reason is logistics (as usually the reason for most things military related). You can fit a hell of a lot more conventionally shaped grenades in a crate than you can with stick grenades. Even on a person, conventional grenades weigh less, are less cumbersome, and you can carry more compared to stick grenades. Stick grenades really only have their ease of throwing over a conventional grenade
It’s easier to pack and ship cylinders than it is to ship oblong spheroids.
That's probably partly why the new modular grenade is a cylinder, but that's worse for a frag grenade.
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