Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Hmm. The total lack of reaction to that grenade landing bext to him suggests to me it's faked. He'd have reflexively started/leaped up instead of just carrying on doing what he was doing.
I think this is a trick of perspective; if you watch carefully the grenade explodes just as it hits, but it's tricky to follow it as the camera shot is vertical. It doesn't land then explode - the soldier never saw it.