The new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade was approved for full material release this year, the Army announced Tuesday. (Christopher Arthur/U.S. Army) After decades of relying on Vietnam-era designs, the ...

The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 offensive hand grenade for procurement, the first new lethal hand grenade model to enter the service’s inventory since the M67 fragmentation grenade arrived in 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 ...

The Army just approved its first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam. Six decades of hard lessons in urban combat finally forced a change in what soldiers carry into battle. For nearly six decades, ...

The Army has approved the first new lethal hand grenade since Vietnam for full material release. The new M111 will replace the asbestos-made MK3A2 blast grenade. According to the Army, the new grenade ...