USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Christopher G Melkonian

Carl Gotzmer

Steven S Kim

Joe Mayersak

Michael P Dunnigan

An explosively driven impactor grenade includes a grenade body having a substantially spherical shape and a hollow central portion, the grenade body including a plurality of recesses formed on an external surface thereof with each recess including an opening into the hollow central portion of the grenade body, the grenade body including an opening on the exterior surface that connects with the hollow central portion; a fuze disposed in the hollow central portion of the grenade body; a fuze cap for closing the opening on the exterior surface that connects with the hollow central portion; and a plurality of explosively driven impactors respectively disposed in the plurality of recesses formed on the external surface of the grenade body, the explosively driven impactors being connected to the fuze through the recess openings into the hollow central portion of the grenade body.

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Alexandria, VA, United States of America

Christopher G Melkonian