Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mabhomba okutanga uye magirinedhi akagadzirwa nesimbi yakaita zvokukandwa akaoneka 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 mabhora esimbi ane hukuru hwebhora rekiriketi (mumucheto) akazara nepfuti uye akaiswa nemapikicha anononoka-kupisa akatanga kushandiswa kurwisa vaJacobite muhondo dze
Killiecrankie naGlen 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.