Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mabhomba okutanga nemagrenade zvesimbi yakanyungudutswa zvakaoneka muEurope muna 1467. Homwe yamazana anoverengeka emarobhoti emaoko evhu yakawanwa mukati mokuvakwa pamberi penhare yeguta reBavaria reIngolstadt, Germany yakanyorwa kuvambira muzana ramakore rechi 17. Mazhinji amagraneti akanga achine zvombo zvawo zvokutanga zveupfu hwakasviba nemidziyo yokutanga. Zvingangodaro kuti magirinedhi acho akadonherwa nemaune mugomba remasvingo risati rasvika gore ra1723. Muna 1643, zvinobvira kuti "Grenados" dzakakandirwa pakati pevaWelsh paHolt Bridge mukati meEnglish Civil War. Izwi rokuti "granade" rakashandiswawo panguva yezviitiko zvakapoteredza Glorious Revolution muna 1688, apo bhora rekiriketi-saizi (mumucheto) simbi dzesimbi dzakaputirwa nepfuti uye dzakapfekedzwa nemapikicha anononoka-kupisa dzakatanga kushandiswa kurwisa maJacobite muhondo dze Killiecrankie
uye Glen Shiel. Magirinedhi aya akanga asingashandi zvikuru (zvichida nemhaka yokuti kurova zvakananga kwaizodikanwa kuti girenadhi ribudirire) uye, somugumisiro, akaona kushandiswa kuduku. Magrenade aishandiswawo munguva yeGolden Age yePiracy: mupirate Captain Thompson akashandisa "nhamba huru yemabhodhoro ane upfu, magrenade, uye zvinonhuwira" kukurira vavhimi vaviri vepirate vakatumwa naGavhuna weJamaica muna 1721.