American Hand Grenades

This is a index page for American hand grenades of all types. This page will allow us to cover something in more detail than if the page was simply part of a massive list.

## Das Exploders

#### **American Offensive Grenades**

* **Bunker Bomb Napalm-WP:** Ad hoc anti-bunker solution from Korean War era. Napalm/White Phosphorus package.
* **M308 Mod 1:** This is an incendiary hand grenade issued to Special Forces in limited numbers from 1968 on. It spreads liquid napalm over a 3-yard radius; this burns at 2,200°F for 40 seconds.
* **M15 WP:** WW2-era US White Phosphorous smoke grenade with lethal radius about 17m.
	+ **JNT YP:** Version of US M15 grenade with Yellow Phosphorous filler and fragmentation body.
* **M26:** This lemon-shaped fragmentation grenade had a smooth, sheet-metal body. Inside, a tight coil of notched wire surrounded the explosive charge of about 170 gram. It saw service around the Korean War era.
	+ **M26A1:** The M26A1 is an M26 that has the fragmentation coil redesigned to have a square rather than circular cross-section and has deeper serrations to aid in fragmentation.
	+ **M26A2:** Version with impact fuze.

#### **American Defensive Grenades**

* **Mk2:** US version of "pineapple grenade". Designed after WW1 and still in use up to the Korean War era and in some cases even beyond. A classic frag bomb.
* **M67:** "Baseball grenade" that replaced the M26 in US service. It’s safer, lighter, and easier to throw.
	+ **M68:** Version with impact fuze. Not very popular.
* **GD-OTS FRAG:** Modern lightweight grenade producing over 1000 tungsten fragments.

#### **American Multipurpose Grenades**

* **ET-MP Blast Impact:** Cutting-edge US multi-mode grenade, represented in UAS by 4 types. Basic is concussion grenade with impact detonation.
	+ **ET-MP Blast Timer:** Representing blast setting with time-delayed detonation.
	+ **ET-MP Frag Impact:** Representing fragmentation setting with impact detonation.
	+ **ET-MP Frag Timer:** Representing fragmentation setting with time-delayed detonation.
* **Triton HW:** Tactical thermobaric grenade for USSOCOM.
	+ **Triton HWx3:** Bundle of Triton grenades for better blast.

#### **American Nonlethal Grenades**

* **M7290 Flasbang:** Stun munitions such as this are called “flashbangs” due to their blinding flash and near-deafening bang – appeared during the 1970s. Originally intended as training grenades. Effective radius of 5m.
* **M84 Flashbang:** US-issued flashbang.
* **CTS M9590 Stinger:** This less-than-lethal grenade has a plastic body filled with 105 .31 caliber soft rubber balls. The explosive blast can stun, while the rubber balls inflict a painful sting.
* **DefTec Stinger:** Combination of flashbang and stinger grenade, deploying 25 .60-caliber rubber balls.
	+ **DefTec Stinger CS:** This version adds some CS filler for further pacification.
	+ **DefTec Stinger OC:** This version adds some OC filler for further pacification.
	+ **DefTec Stinger VX:** This version adds some VX filler for further warcrimes.
	+ **DefTec Stinger 32:** Less potent Stinger deploying 180 .32-caiber balls.
* **GG04 Stinger:** USMC-issued stinger grenade with 100 .25 caliber rubber balls. And flashbang effect.
* **M7A3 CS:** Tear gas riot control grenade.

#### **American Special Grenades**

* **M363:** Chaff grenade for disabling UAVs and sentry guns in 25m radius.
* **XM1251:** Experimental high-powered-microwave EMP grenade.
* **XM78:** Proposed hand anti-tank grenade for urban warfare.