Instead, the Corps relies on a defense grenade known as the M67 fragmentation grenade. That grenade has fragmentation that creates an effective casualty radius of 15 meters upon explosion.

The ET-MP will replace the venerable M67 "Frag." For the first time in more than four decades years, the U.S. Army is working to field a new hand grenade.

Engineers at the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey are developing an ambidextrous multi-purpose hand grenade, which is the military’s first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are working on the first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years, which is designed to give greater flexibility to the warfighter.

U.S. Army weapon engineers are working on a new hand grenade designed to allow soldiers to choose between fragmentation or blast over-pressure for concussion by simply flicking a switch.

The Army’s offensive grenade has not. The M67 has been a workhorse for the Army for decades, ... But in the meantime, there’s still a need for that safer, more lethal frag grenade.

The US military is getting its first new hand grenade in 40 years as engineers at ARDEC work on a safer multi-purpose design. Called the Enhanced Tactical Multi-Purpose (ET-MP) hand grenade, it ...

If adopted, the new grenade would be a departure from fragmentation grenades like the classic Mk 2 (also called the pineapple grenade) and the M67 that the U.S. military has used since the early ...

The M67 fragmentation grenade, considered to be a workhorse for the US Army, is said to be in dire need of an upgrade. Bohannon said over the course of various operations, they collected a lot of ...