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40mm RFL GREN CS M294A1
Region
France
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
DESCRIPTION The grenade comprises a cylindrical aluminium body containing 4 CS pellets, a pyrotechnic delay, a Black Powder expelling charge and an aluminium tail tube assembly with the Mecar Bullet Trap Universal (BTU) in its forward end and polymer tail fins at the rear. The grenade is alunched, using ball or ballistite cartridges, from 5.56 or 7.62mm assault rifles having a 22mm muzzle diameter. The delay element is initiated at launch and, after 2 seconds, ignites the Black Powder charge to both ignite and expel
CS gas producing pellets. Burning at a high temperature, the dispersed pellets produce tear and irritant gas for approximately 30 seconds. Grenades may be adapted to other special purpose rifles. MISSION A shoulder fired Mecar Bullet Trap Universal(BTU) rifle grenade, used to dispense tear andirritant gas (CS), to aid in crowd control duringperiods of civil disobedience and/or unrest. PACKAGING