Name: 40X46mm LV HE-FRAG-SD IM
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Southern Europe

Italy

<p>PACKAGING</p><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>The grenade projectile, is ﬁtted with aninsensitive and high explosive charge operatedby a dual-safety fuze fully complying with MILSTD-1316. The projectile is assembled with an aluminium cartridge case, ﬁlled with a doublebase propellant and ﬁtted with a percussion capsule. The grenade design ensures a high level of insensitivity (between level V and level VI, STANAG 4439). A HE-FRAG-SD (no IM) version with the same performances and ballistics of the is available.</p><h2>MISSION</h2><p>The Simmel Difesa 40x46mm LV HE-FRAG-SD IM is an impact grenade, designed to be highlyinsensitive and lethal in the target area up to10m from the impact point. It acts by means of simultaneous blast and fragmentation effects.It can be ﬁred by any low velocity (LV) grenadelaunchers.</p>

The grenade projectile, is ﬁtted with aninsensitive and high explosive charge operatedby a dual-safety fuze fully complying with MILSTD-1316. The projectile is assembled with an aluminium cartridge case, ﬁlled with a doublebase propellant and ﬁtted with a percussion capsule.

The grenade design ensures a high level of insensitivity (between level V and level VI, STANAG 4439). A HE-FRAG-SD (no IM) version with the same performances and ballistics of the is available. The Simmel Difesa 40x46mm LV HE-FRAG-SD IM is an impact grenade, designed to be highlyinsensitive and lethal in the target area up to10m from the impact point. It acts by means of simultaneous blast and fragmentation effects. It can be ﬁred by any low velocity (LV) grenadelaunchers.

In over a hundred years of continued operation, Simmel Difesa acquired comprehensive knowledge and expertise in the ammunition business, combining the experience of famous European players into a modern and agile company.
Today, Simmel Difesa supplies medium and large calibre ammunition to more than 40 countries worldwide.
Over the time, the company developed its know-how in all ammunition components, from propellants and explosives to metal parts and fuses. Thanks to its experience, Simmel Difesa is able to optimize the components’ integration in order to conceive first-class products.
Simmel Difesa gained a reputation as a leader in naval ammunition, and is now – after decades of successful cooperation – the preferred supplier for Oto-Melara guns. Its in-house capability to design and manufacture advanced proximity fuses led Simmel Difesa to become a world leader on the air defense ammunition market.
Equipped with a powerful and flexible manufacturing infrastructure, and benefitting from the dedication of its highly skilled workforce and a dependable supply chain, Simmel Difesa is able to quickly respond to its customers’ requirements with reliable and high-performance products.

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40X46mm LV HE-FRAG-SD IM

40X46mm LV HE-FRAG-SD IM

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