The M111 relies primarily on blast overpressure rather than fragmented inner pieces to incapacitate, making it better suited ...

The Army just approved its first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam. Six decades of hard lessons in urban combat finally ...

Blast overpressure is a rapid high wave of pressure created by an explosion that can cause serious or fatal injuries.

The Army has approved the M111 hand grenade, the first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam, to replace the MK3A2 for indoor combat.

The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade (OHG) for Full Material Release (FMR). Developed by the Capabilities ...

The Army has cleared the M111 hand grenade for service. It will replace the Mk3A2 series, marking the first new grenade for the Army since 1968.

The U.S. Army has a new hand grenade after years of relying on a model from decades ago. The M111 hand grenade is the first to achieve what the Army calls “full material release” since 1968, according ...

For the first time in 58 years, the US Army has approved new lethal hand grenade for Full Material Release (FMR). The Army announced the news this week ...

A MK2 “pineapple-style” hand grenade was found in a gun safe when family members were going through the belongings of a deceased Army veteran who had served during the Korean War.

The family found the grenade while cleaning out the residence of a Korean War veteran who had recently died.