Army Testing Compact, Disposable Blowtorch for Soldier Breaching Ops
26 Apr 2019
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
Army explosive experts have ginned up a smaller version of the thermite grenade that works like a tiny blowtorch, capable of cutting through steel obstacles.
The Scalable Thermite Breaching Tools effort has been in development for about a year to give soldiers a lighter alternative to carrying heavy breaching tools or even cutting torches, said Nino Bonavito, chief of the Chemical Biological Center, Energetics Branch at the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/26/army-testing-compact-disposable-blowtorch-soldier-breaching-ops.html
@rangerrebew Unit meeting before insertion:
"You carry it."
"No,YOU carry it."
Most people are afraid to carry Willie Pete grenades,never mind something like this.
Then again,there is nothing that will distract an attacking enemy force like setting them on fire with a source that can't be put out.
Just make sure you are out of the burst radius when it goes off. This one seems designed to stay small and focused,but we all know what a bullet or an explosion can do with items like this.
