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| 11/28/2007: Troops Visit Two Southern Baghdad Schools Despite being on the ground here for only a month, a 3rd Infantry Division outfit has hit the ground running. defenselink.mil |
Army Names All-American Bowl Player of Year Finalists The U.S. Army All-American Bowl selection committee announced during a press conference Thursday that it selected six of the nation’s top high-school football players as finalists for the 2008 Army Player of the Year Award. army.mil |
02/01/2008: Underground Weapons Caches Discovered in Oruzgan Afghan and coalition troops discovered several underground weapons caches in Oruzgan province Jan. 26. defenselink.mil |
Hans Hamberger Hamberger AG manufacture a large range of pyrotechnic devices and ammunition including smoke generators, pyrotechnic switches, hand grenades with CS, hand grenades with CN, flares, ignition systems, terror defence, illumination, grenades, colour boosters, rain rockets, avalanche rockets, bangers, tear gas, fireworks, coloured smoke and explosives.PRACTICE FUSE 85PRODUCT CODE: K PAT MARK HG 85NATO No. NSN. 1330-17-114-0928The K Pat Mark HG 85 is a practice fuse that is used in the Mark HG 85 to train the handling of a fragmentation hand grenade. This pyrotechnic system is without explosive power, free of fragments and simulates the detonation of the HG 85 fragmentation hand grenade by means of a loud explosion.Technical data:Length: 84mmDiameter: 20mmWeight of the fuse: 10gLoudness of the explosion: 105dbA at 20mIgnition delay: 3-5sPRACTICE HAND GRENADE 85PRODUCT CODE: MARK HG 85NATO No. NSN. 1330-17-114-0927The Mark HG 85 is a practice hand grenade without explosive power. It can be loaded with a K Pat Mark HG 85 (practice fuse) to practice the handling of the fragmentation hand grenade HG 85. The rubber grenade body has the same shape and weight as the HG 85. The colour of the body is orange, the colour of the ignition head is forest green and the fly-off lever is neon-pink. Body and ignition head are reusable and the K Pat has to be replaced by a new one after using.Technical data:Length: 97mmDiameter: 65mmWeight of grenade: 465gACOUSTIC AND VISUAL PYROTECHNIC SIGNALS - PRODUCT CODE: K PET AND H PETThe H Pet and the K Pet are easy-to-handle pyrotechnic systems to inform troops with acoustic and visual signals. The K Pet is available with red, blue and yellow smoke and a final explosion. The H Pet has a sonorous whistle additional to the three colours and the finale explosion. The K Pet and the H Pet can be thrown like a hand grenade, are free of fragments and have friction ignitions.Technical data:Length: H Pet 300mm/K Pet 216mmDiameter: 42mmWeight: H Pet 160g/K Pet 110gIgnition delay: 6sHamberger AG is fully certified under ISO 9001 criteria, registered by SQS under the number 14372-02 and a member of IQNet. army-technology.com |
Iraq Security Situation Improved But Still Fragile Last year's surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has helped tamp down violence and improve security there, but the situation remains fragile, the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Iraq testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee here today. army.mil |