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.

The U.S. Army has a new hand grenade after years of relying on a model from decades ago. The M111 hand grenade is the first to achieve what the Army calls “full material release” since 1968, according ...

The U.S. Army has cleared the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade (OHG) for Full Material Release (FMR). Developed by the Capabilities ...

The M111 relies primarily on blast overpressure rather than fragmented inner pieces to incapacitate, making it better suited ...

U.S. soldiers have a new baseball-sized weapon in their arsenal designed to give them an advantage in close-quarter fighting. The Army on Tuesday approved for full release of a hand grenade built for ...

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment (2-20 FAR), 75th Field Artillery Brigade conduct qualifications on the Mk. 19 Grenade Launcher in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Aug. 13, 2025.

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Conventional U.S. Army forces tested the use of a Skydio X10D small Unmanned Aerial System combined with U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s “Audible” dropper to ...

ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) -Scores of schoolchildren enjoyed a riverside adventure in southern Russia this week, but it was no ordinary holiday camp. With military instructors shouting ...

Baby-faced Russian children as young as 8 have been taught how to throw hand grenades and carry rifles at a bizarre summer camp designed to train up the next generation of Vladimir Putin’s military.

The Army is seeking contractors capable of turning the Vietnam-era 40 mm belt-fed MK19 automatic grenade launcher into a drone killer. The service, which posted a request notice on the government’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cossack youth undergo military training in the Rostov Region ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) -Scores of schoolchildren enjoyed a ...