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U.S. Army acquires more M67 fragmentation hand grenades

The U.S. government has awarded Day & Zimmermann Lone Star LLC a contract for procurement of M67 fragmentation hand grenades. 

The contract, announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is worth more than $10 million and covers production of new M67 fragmentation hand grenades.

“Day & Zimmermann Lone Star LLC, Texarkana, Texas, was awarded a $10,375,695 modification (P00011) to contract W52P1J-16-C-0001 for M67 fragmentation hand grenades,” said in the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense.

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The work will be managed through the Day & Zimmermann Lone Star plant in Texarkana, Texas, and will require the procurement of major components as well as explosive loading and packout of the grenade.  An estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2021.

The M67 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade that uses a time fuze and is thrown by hand.

The M67 is a further development of the M33 grenade, itself a replacement for the M26-series grenades used during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the older Mk 2 “pineapple” grenade used since World War I.

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