The Army is working on a safer but more lethal hand grenade

Army Times: A lot has changed since 1968. The Army’s offensive grenade has not.

The M67 has been a workhorse for the Army for decades, but it could use some upgrades, according to the lethality branch chief at Fort Benning’s Maneuver Center of Excellence.

“Over Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, we collected soldier feedback,” Maj. Jason Bohannon told Army Times in July. “And that feedback told us that the M67 hand grenade had limitations — which we’ve known of — in restricted terrain.”

It’s also not as safe as it could be, he added.

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