Tuesday 20 September 2016

US Army developing first new hand grenade in 40 years



The US military is getting its first new hand grenade in 40 years as engineers at the US ArmyArmament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, work on a safer multi-purpose design. Called the Enhanced Tactical Multi-Purpose (ET-MP) hand grenade, it will allow soldiers to choose between concussive or fragmentation blasts with the flip of a lever.

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