Army Considers Converting 155mm Projectiles into 40mm Grenades
The US Army has patented a system to convert surplus 155mm projectiles containing bomblets into 40mm grenades.
Someone in the Pentagon thinks it would be cheaper to convert surplus bomblets into 40mm grenades than to dispose of them. I had always assumed that the cost of the secondary explosive material was only a small component of the total cost of a grenade. This seems like a scheme to reclassify 155mm disposal costs as 40mm manufacture costs.
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Now that's thinking like a Russian!
They will have to change the fuze firing mechanism. If they try using the grenade/bomblet as it is currently loaded, they will run into a problem when the tape ribbon causing the removal of the firing pin from the sliding detonator, allowing the sliding detonator to align the firing mechanism, this action will cause a shift the center of balance throwing the accuracy off. It seems like a good Idea but it needs more thought by ones who understand cause and effect on how munitions work and the end result desired vs. received.