Here’s What You Need to Remember: It was during the American Civil War however that the grenade truly transformed from the device that needed a lit fuse to one that had a plunger that detonated on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army has cleared the plastic-body M111 Offensive Hand Grenade, the first new lethal hand grenade to enter service since ...

The Butler County Bomb Squad will be 'remotely charging' the grenade to dispose of it. The Butler County Bomb Squad will be 'remotely charging' the grenade to dispose of it. The Butler County Bomb ...

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 US Army last month introduced its first new lethal hand grenade since the Vietnam War, a plastic weapon that uses shock waves rather than shrapnel to kill enemies. The new grenade, called the M111 ...