What does most of the damage in a bomb? The actual explosion/fireball or the shockwave?
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The fire explosions you see in movies/shows is 100% not real life. That is Hollywood using diesel to get a ton of smoke and flame.
A real explosive used by the military gives off nearly no smoke nor fire unless it was a device *meant* to do that, like an incendiary device or a smoke device. The explosive is designed and formulated to transfer as much of its mass into force energy, not light nor heat. A military explosive looks like a sudden white pop even if that. That force creates a pressure wave which can burst organs and atomize matter as it hits it as well an propel fragments.
Here is a real live grenade.
[https://youtu.be/qvBYjCmLQig?t=84](https://youtu.be/qvBYjCmLQig?t=84)
When it goes off, the dust you see is from the ground debris, not the grenade. You will actually not even see the actual explosion of the grenade since it is soo efficient in turning the explosive into force and not light nor heat.
Unless it is napalm or another incendiary device, the force of the shockwave or fragments in the shock wave will kill you, otherwise the fire will kill you.
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