The US Army this month introduced its first new lethal hand grenade since the Vietnam War, a plastic weapon that uses shock waves rather than shrapnel to kill enemies.

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PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade (OHG) for Full Material Release (FMR). Developed by the Capabilities Program Executive Ammunition and Energetics ...

The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 offensive hand grenade for procurement, the first new lethal hand grenade model to enter the service’s inventory since the M67 fragmentation grenade arrived in 1968.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army has approved the first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam for full material release. The new M111 will replace the ...

U.S. soldiers have a new baseball-sized weapon in their arsenal designed to give them an advantage in close-quarter fighting. The Army on Tuesday approved for full release of a hand grenade built for ...

The new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade was approved for full material release this year, the Army announced Tuesday. (Christopher Arthur/U.S. Army) After decades of relying on Vietnam-era designs, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army’s M111 Offensive Hand Grenade is designed to use blast overpressure without fragments. The Army has developed a new ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. — The Army’s hand grenade has a new look. The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade (OHG) for Full Material Release (FMR). Developed by the Capabilities Program ...

For the first time in nearly six decades, the US Army is getting a new lethal hand grenade. The Army cleared the new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade for full production this week. The new blast ...

The Army has approved the first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam for full material release. The new M111 will replace the asbestos-made MK3A2 blast grenade. According to the Army, the new grenade ...