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Science & Technology
New Multi-Purpose Programmable Hand Grenade
2016-09-19
[ARDEC] Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are working on the first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years, which is designed to give greater flexibility to the warfighter. The multi-purpose hand grenade design will provide both fragmentation and blast overpressure more effectively and safely than its legacy counterparts. Once fielded, Soldiers will be able to select and use a hand grenade with different effects simply by flipping a switch. Over the past five years, Picatinny engineers have been collaborating with Infantry School representatives, hand grenade cadre, as well as active duty Soldiers and Marines, to determine warfighter needs regarding hand grenades.
I'm still awaiting ARDEC's fielding of the jet powered snowshoe. How long must our soldiers wait ?
Posted by:Besoeker

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Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-09-19 17:20  

#9  In order to prevent atrocities by our warfighters, the grenade will have a safety interlock that can only be released via WiFi by the local zampolit JAG officer.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-09-19 15:56  

#8  There is a reason for the acronym KISS
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-09-19 14:10  

#7  I wonder how the switches are going to work after crawling through the mud/salt water/sand and receiving several hard knocks.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2016-09-19 12:52  

#6  I like the "Fuck you and everyone around you" setting.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-09-19 12:36  

#5  It will only weigh 15oz more after we cut down on the explosives. Wonder which lobbyists win this one?
Posted by: AlanC   2016-09-19 12:35  

#4  Will I still have to count to three?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2016-09-19 12:34  

#3  Doesn't matter what kinds of bells and whistles they put on grenades, when commanders and JAG lawyers don't trust their soldiers enough to issue them.

Otherwise, I think it is actually a nifty idea, a vt/prox fuse for a hand grenade. Wonder if there will be a "Glory/boobytrap" setting?
Posted by: nguard   2016-09-19 10:59  

#2  Good for doing house to house: in Dar, where it full of human shields, you could use frag and claim to have intended to use blast.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-09-19 06:16  

#1  ...While in theory this isn't a bad idea, I'm concerned that we're going to 'improve' something that doesn't need improvement to the point where it doesn't freaking work. Not to mention the almost certain discovery that the designs needed to accomplish this will turn out to be singularly unsuited for the pounding the average 11Bravo is going to put them through before he needs them.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2016-09-19 05:58  

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