Splinter grenade

A splinter grenade is a Decepticon weapon deployed by Shrapnel.
Fiction
Transformers Annual 1985
During an attack on Washington, D.C. in order to disrupt peace talks between the Autobots and the President of the United States, Shrapnel (under the control of Ravage) took Prowl out of action with a splinter grenade. Plague of the Insecticons!