Army approves M111, first new lethal hand grenade since 1968

[1srelluc]

No, it's not a new offering from SIG.

Army approves M111, first new lethal hand grenade since 1968

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 (CPE A&E), in conjunction with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, the M111 OHG will replace the obsolete body and fuze of the Mk3A2 hand grenade series, marking the first new lethal hand grenade to achieve FMR since 1968 when the Mk3A2 entered service. The Mk3A2 is restricted for use due to its asbestos body unlike the M111 which utilizes a plastic body that is fully consumed during detonation.

In before it's nicknamed The Mickey.

 

[JGalt]

No, it's not a new offering from SIG.

Army approves M111, first new lethal hand grenade since 1968

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 (CPE A&E), in conjunction with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, the M111 OHG will replace the obsolete body and fuze of the Mk3A2 hand grenade series, marking the first new lethal hand grenade to achieve FMR since 1968 when the Mk3A2 entered service. The Mk3A2 is restricted for use due to its asbestos body unlike the M111 which utilizes a plastic body that is fully consumed during detonation.

In before it's nicknamed The Mickey.

Literally nothing in the fuse assembly has changed since the WW2 Mk II.

This is a coincidence, because the last time I talked to my 95 year old uncle in Arkansas, I apologized to him. He was in the Arkansas National Guard back in the 60's and the parents took us down to visit back then. While rummaging through his garage, I found several smoke grenades in the original canisters. I stole one of them and took it back home with us to Illinois. I took it down to a canal, pulled the pin and threw it in the water. A big cloud of green smoke bubbled up out of the water.

 

[1srelluc]

Literally nothing in the fuse assembly has changed since the WW2 Mk II.

This is a coincidence, because the last time I talked to my 95 year old uncle in Arkansas, I apologized to him. He was in the Arkansas National Guard back in the 60's and the parents took us down to visit back then. While rummaging through his garage, I found several smoke grenades in the original canisters. I stole one of them and took it back home with us to Illinois. I took it down to a canal, pulled the pin and threw it in the water. A big cloud of green smoke bubbled up out of the water.

Back in the 70s I was running a gun gang and we were working the on ramp on I-95 at Quantico and a convict brought me a ammo box he found with several M-18 smoke grenades in it.