Marines ‘hang’ flash-bang mortar rounds for first time
By: Kyle Rempfer   21 hours ago
The Marine Corps has for the first time field-tested new flash-bang mortar rounds during the 2018 Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii.
While standard mortar rounds are designed to strike and destroy targets, these new, less-lethal rounds can be timed to airburst over the heads of individuals.
From more than 1 km away, troops could fire off what has been dubbed the non-lethal indirect fire munition, or NL-IDFM, which brings to bear the equivalent of 14 stun grenades simultaneously, according to a release from the Defense Department’s Non-Lethal Weapons Program.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2018/07/18/marines-hang-flash-bang-mortar-rounds-for-first-time/
