US Army developing a new hand grenade...

[SEIndSAM]

Army building new 'ambidextrous' multi-purpose grenade | Fox News

 

[chocktaw2]

We have to put our time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ somewhere. Heaven forbid we fix the infrastructure.

 

[SSGSAD]

ZIPPITY do da !!!!!

Our tax dollars at WORK !!!!!

 

[chocktaw2]

Getting the stink eye.

 

[Alamo]

I'm glad it goes bang. I was afraid that the primary requirement was going to be that it not contribute to global warming and not hurt Gaia.

 

[david890]

Are we at war with Eastasia?? Coulda sworn we were fighting Eurasia last week...

 

[2A_Tom]

Yeah weapons are not important.

 

[BE Mike]

I just watched the documentary "The Hornet's Nest". Whatever we do for the troops is not enough.

 

[Rookie]

"War Is Boring reports that the Army’s current M67 grenade was designed for right-handed soldiers, so left-handed troops are trained to flip the grenade upside and hold the safety lever down with their left thumb, while pulling out the ring with the opposite hand."

I didn't do that. I turned the grenade 180, and pulled the pin.

 

[Jludo]

Are we at war with Eastasia?? Coulda sworn we were fighting Eurasia last week...

PSh, we've always been at war with Eastasia.

 

[david890]

PSh, we've always been at war with Eastasia.

 

[BogWalker]

I get the feeling that a grenade that can be switched from concussion to fragmentation with a switch won't be much good at either.

Why not just design a new concussion grenade? Or, as done by the German and Soviets in WWI and WWII, make the main grenades concussive and have an optional fragmentation sleeve that could be added.

Oh, and the left/right situation could easily be resolved by mounting the pullring system to the top of the fuse instead of on the side leaving it accessible with the spoon positioned in any which direction. Looks like what they may have done in the image.

I'm not saying these aren't problems they're tackling, but I believe they could tackle them in much more efficient and cost effective ways.

 

[kedie]

FRAG OUT!!!!!

 

[Sylvain]

Does that mean the older model will soon available on Ebay????

Also I'm no grenade expert and I didn't know there was any issues with left handed poeple.
I assume left handed people are pretty much used to work around stuff design for right handed people, included grenades.

 

[2A_Tom]

"War Is Boring reports that the Army’s current M67 grenade was designed for right-handed soldiers, so left-handed troops are trained to flip the grenade upside and hold the safety lever down with their left thumb, while pulling out the ring with the opposite hand."

I didn't do that. I turned the grenade 180, and pulled the pin.

It has been a long time, I am a righty so no problemo, as I remember southies did just as rookie has said.

Edit BTW there are picks with the pull ring on both sides on the interwebs, but this is the out of the box configuration.

 

[KLB]

"War Is Boring reports that the Army’s current M67 grenade was designed for right-handed soldiers, so left-handed troops are trained to flip the grenade upside and hold the safety lever down with their left thumb, while pulling out the ring with the opposite hand."

I didn't do that. I turned the grenade 180, and pulled the pin.

You're such a rebel

 

[Sylvain]

It has been a long time, I am a righty so no problemo, as I remember southies did just as rookie has said.

Edit BTW there are picks with the pull ring on both sides on the interwebs, but this is the out of the box configuration.

If you're a leftie and are issued grenades with the pin in that position, can't you just remove the pin and place it on the other side?
Maybe it's too risky to do just to be a bit more convenient.

 

[BogWalker]

If you're a leftie and are issued grenades with the pin in that position, can't you just remove the pin and place it on the other side?
Maybe it's too risky to do just to be a bit more convenient.

Definitely too risky. I've put the pin back on inert grenades before, and trying to fish the often bent pin through both holes is worse than threading a needle.

They could switch the side of the pin from the factory but that opens up logistics issues.

 

[bobzilla]

"War Is Boring reports that the Army’s current M67 grenade was designed for right-handed soldiers, so left-handed troops are trained to flip the grenade upside and hold the safety lever down with their left thumb, while pulling out the ring with the opposite hand."

I didn't do that. I turned the grenade 180, and pulled the pin.

Well, you were obviously doing it wrong.

 

[HoughMade]

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Personally, I think it's a travesty that the modern soldier can't decide for itself whether or not to have a handle.