FM 3-23.30: Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals (2005 edition)

FM 3-23.30 Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals (2005 edition)

FM 3-23.30

Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals (2005 edition)

Army · FM · Jan 2005

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This chapter describes the various types of hand grenades, their components and mechanical functions, and examples of the grenades used by U.S. forces. 1-1. DESCRIPTION The hand grenade is a hand-held, hand-armed, and hand-thrown weapon. U.S. forces use colored smoke, white smoke, riot-control, special purpose, fragmentation, offensive, and practice hand grenades. Each grenade has a different capability that provides the soldier with a variety of options to successfully complete any given mission. Hand grenades give the soldier the ability to kill enemy soldiers and destroy enemy equipment. Historically, the most important hand grenade has been the fragmentation grenade, which is the soldier's personal indirect weapon system.

DesignationFM 3-23.30

EditionJan 2005

StatusSuperseded

FunctionMarksmanship Weapons

CollectionRecent Archive

Editions 2

References 12

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