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A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade, flashbang, thunderflash, or sound bomb, [1] is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses. Upon detonation, a stun grenade produces a blinding flash of light and an extremely loud "bang".
The M84 is the currently-issued stun grenade ("flashbang") of the United States Armed Forces and SWAT teams throughout the United States. Upon detonation, it emits an intensely loud "bang" of 170–180 decibels and a blinding flash of more than one million candelas within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of initiation, sufficient to cause immediate flash ...
A NICO BTV-1 flash-bang grenade. The NICO BTV-1 flash-bang grenade is a flash-bang grenade used in the United States. It is designed to deny access into/out of an area to individuals, move individuals through an area, and suppress individuals. It is a hand-thrown interim replacement for the MK-141 flash-bang grenade based on an urgent needs ...
Those differ significantly from the actual "M-80" as they are subject to the regulations with regard to the sale of explosives and fireworks to the general public. [12] These firecrackers most commonly have a small capsule with up to 50 milligrams of powder (30 milligrams is most common), in contrast with the 5200 milligrams (5.2 g) that real M ...
On April 25, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a law prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, manufacturing, importation, or distribution of certain semi-automatic firearms that it defined as assault weapons. Assault weapons legally possessed before the ban went into effect are grandfathered in; that is, it is legal for owners to keep them.
The United States Armed Forces has created a plethora of different types of 40 mm grenades in both the low-velocity 40×46 mm and high-velocity 40×53 mm calibers which uses what it calls a high-low propulsion system which keeps recoil forces within the boundaries of an infantry weapon.
At the end of Operation Desert Storm, F-15E crews observed the Iraqi military's massacre of Kurdish civilians at Chamchamal. The pilots were forbidden from firing on the Iraqi soldiers and instead used their lasers as dazzlers against the enemy helicopter pilots. This ultimately proved ineffective in crashing any attack helicopters. [11]
Instead of "process oil", low-viscosity motor oil is used in the manufacture of C-4 for civilian use. [ 6 ] The British PE4 consists of 88.0% RDX, 1.0% pentaerythrite dioleate and 11.0% DG-29 lithium grease (corresp. to 2.2% lithium stearate and 8.8% mineral oil BP ) as the binder; a taggant (2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, DMDNB ) is added at ...