Is it accurate to say grenades were invented and used, then became largely obsolete, then were greatly improved and have been used since? Is there any other weapon that followed a similar trajectory in invention-> obsolescence -> reintroduction after improvements?

My impression is that grenades were a feature of gunpowder armies for a while (16th-17th Century) hence the "Grenadier" formations. Then they fell out of use by the napoleonic era (hence so-called grenadier units no longer carrying grenades). Then, obviously, they came back into widespread use at some point, certainly by World War I. Is that a reasonably accurate summary of their history? Has any other weapon followed a similar trajectory?