Smoke Grenade



The Smoke Grenade is a hand grenade specifically designed to release smoke when detonated rather than an explosion. They have been featured in every Battlefield game to date.

Battlefield Vietnam
In Battlefield Vietnam, the Scout class comes equipped with yellow smoke grenades on some maps. It is deployed like a grenade, but is non-lethal and creates a relatively large plume of smoke where it lands.

Video:BFV smoke grenade

Battlefield 2
The Smoke Grenade is included in the Assault kit in the game Battlefield 2. Instead of having a spherical shape like the frag grenade, it has a cylindrical shape (sort of looks like a tiny can). It is thrown like a frag grenade (default Left-Mouse-Button for normal throw, default Right-Mouse-Button for a controlled distance throw), but instead releases smoke. The smoke grenade has many uses.

Battlefield Play4Free
The smoke grenade returns in Battlefield Play4Free. Unlike its iteration in Battlefield 2, the smoke grenades can only be equipped after training is acquired for it, much like fragmentation grenades. It is a tier 2 training unlock. When tossed, it will produce a large cloud of smoke after about four second. The cloud makes it impossible for anybody to spot any person within the smoke. One may have a maximum of 5 smoke grenades at any one point, and it may be assigned to a specific numerical key.

Battlefield 3
The M18 Smoke Grenade is a confirmed gadget in Battlefield 3.

Tips
The smoke grenade can be used in many ways:
 * The Smoke Grenade's main function is to confuse the enemy. You can drop it at your position for a clean get away, throw it between you and the enemy for the same purpose, or throw it at your enemy to block their vision.
 * If you see a tank or an APC coming your way, you can throw a smoke grenade strategically at it, blinding it momentarily so you can get away. However, the Smoke can be used to their advantage. If you throw it near your location, then you would have revealed your position to the drivier and will kill you with ease.
 * Use them sparingly, since you will only have a single Smoke Grenade at your disposal.