About Grenades

Andy Ritz

Mrs. Reed

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What is a hand grenade

• The hand grenade is hand-held and hand thrown weapon that blows up and makes mass destruction

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What are six types of hand grenades

• Fragmentation – The grenades are used to produce casualties by high-velocity projection of fragments.

• Illuminating – This grenade is used to provide illumination of terrain and targets.

• Chemical – These grenades are used for incendiary, screening, signaling, training, or riot control.

• Offensive – This grenade is used for blast effect.• Practice and Training – These grenades are used for

training personnel in use, care and handling of service grenades.

• Nonlethal – This grenade is used for diversionary purposes or when lethal force is not desired.

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What types of grenades should every soldier be able to identify???• M67 Fragmentation

• M18 Colored Smoke

• AN-M8 HC Smoke

• AN-M14 TH3 Incendiary

• ABC-M7A2, ABC-M7A3 CS Riot Control

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About the M67 Fragmentation Grenade:

• Body - steel sphere with scored steel spring for fragmentation

• Filler - 6.5 ounces of Composition B.• Fuse - M213.• Weight - 14 ounces.• Safety clip - yes.• Capabilities – The average Soldier can throw the M67

grenade 35 meters.  The effective casualty producing radius is 15 meters and killing radius is 5 meters.

• Color/markings – The M67 grenade has an olive drab body with a single yellow band at the top.  Markings are in yellow

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About the M18 Colored Smoke Grenade:

• Body - sheet steel cylinder with four emission holes at the top and one at the bottom which allow smoke to escape when the grenade is ignited. (recently manufactured grenades do not have bottom holes.)

• Filler - 11.5 ounces of colored smoke mixture (red, green, yellow, and violet).

• Fuse - M201A1.• Weight - 19 ounces.• Safety clip - no.• Capabilities - The average Soldier can throw the M18 grenade 35

meters.  The grenade burns for 50 to 90 seconds with an average burn time of 60 seconds.

• Color/markings – The M18 grenade is alight green with black markings.  The top of the grenade indicates the smoke color.

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