The XM1060 40mm Thermobaric Grenade, developed and fielded by Picatinny within a four-month span, is the very first small arms thermobaric device released to a US war theatre. It is applauded...

Nov 13, 2007 · I suspect that the grenade involved may have been the 40mm thermobaric XM1060 fired from a launcher. This is a special cartridge developed for Afghanistan which generates a much more destructive...

The M-32 comes on top of the 40mm thermobaric grenade America already owns -- the XM1060, which was "developed and fielded in record time" for use in Afghanistan, where its powerful blast proved...

Dec 3, 2015 · Since 2001, the United States has most recently used the BLU-118/B aircraft dropped thermobaric bomb, XM1060 40mm thermobaric grenade, Shoulder-Launched Multi Purpose Assault Weapon—Novel...

The XM1060 40-mm grenade is a small-arms thermobaric device, which was fielded by US forces in Afghanistan in 2002, and proved to be popular against targets in enclosed spaces, such as caves. [33]

The XM1060 is a 40 mm thermobaric grenade developed by Picatinny Arsenal. [23] Training ammunition consisting of a steel body filled with orange signal chalk capped with a plastic ogive cap. [24] Besides combat ammo there also exists crowd control ammunition like …

XM1060 ROBAT (Robotic Obstacle Breaching Assault Tank): A former M60A3 tank without its turret configured to clear mine fields and mark cleared lanes as well as to detect chemical, biological, and nuclear agents.

Tactile and Visual Identification of the XM106 Bursting Smoke Grenade: Limited User Evaluation by Clifford C. Swiecicki, Elizabeth S. Redden, and Christian B. Carstens

In the United States, the effectiveness of the thermobaric weapons was recognized and the country began to actively develop its own weapon systems at the turn of the 2000s. In 2003 US Infantry received its first weapon based on a thermobaric explosion. It was a 40mm XM1060 grenade shot from the M32 grenade launcher.

Nov 3, 2023 · The XM1060 40mm Thermobaric Grenade, developed and fielded by Picatinny within a four-month span, is the very first… Then, ranging up through mortars, multiple launch …