NICO BTV-1 Flash Bang Grenade

Description

NICO BTV-1 Flash Bang – A Non-Lethal Weapon

NICO BTV-1 Flash Bang Grenade Non-lethal weapons have become an essential component of modern warfare. With the Department of Defense defining them as tools “explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel and undesired damage to property in the target area or environment,” these weapons offer a critical alternative to the use of lethal force.

The NICO BTV-1 Flash Bang Grenade is a hand-thrown interim replacement for the MK-141 Flash Bang Grenade. Designed to deny access into or out of an area to individuals, move individuals through an area, and suppress individuals, this technology can support multiple missions, including force protection, and assist in clearing spaces, checkpoints, crowd control, and entry control points.

The Flash Bang Grenade has several unique features that set it apart from its predecessors. These features include:

• Improved safety: One of the most significant improvements in the NICO BTV-1 Flash Bang Grenade is its ability to prevent serious injury to personnel in the event of premature grenade detonation. This feature is essential in ensuring the safety of soldiers and other personnel who may handle the grenade.
• Flash blindness: The NICO-BTV-1 Flash Bang Grenade produces 3-5 seconds of flash blindness, making it an effective tool for temporarily incapacitating individuals.
• Lower pressure: The grenade is designed to reduce blast injury risk by producing a lower pressure.
• Hand-safe capability: The grenade is constructed with a metal body and top and bottom venting, making it hand-safe for personnel handling it.

Capabilities

• The Flash-Bang Grenade is capable of a range of missions, including:
• Force protection: The grenade can protect military personnel from hostile forces.
• Assist in clearing spaces: The grenade can assist in clearing spaces during military operations.
• Checkpoints: The grenade can be used at checkpoints to deny access to individuals.
• Crowd control: The grenade can be used during demonstrations or other events.
• Entry control points: The grenade can be used at entry control points to deny access to individuals.

One of the significant advantages of the Flash Bang Grenade is that it is a non-lethal weapon. This means that it can be used to incapacitate individuals without causing severe injury or death. A grenade is essential for escalation-of-force options when lethal force is not the best first response.

The Flash-Bang Grenade has the potential to support various missions, including force protection, assisting in clearing spaces, checkpoints, crowd control, and entry control points. This non-lethal weapon is designed to deny access into/out of an area to individuals, move individuals through an area, and suppress individuals. The improvements in its design also prevent serious injury to personnel in the event of premature grenade detonation, provide 3-5 seconds of flash blindness, a lower pressure to reduce blast injury risk, and hand-safe capability with a metal body and top and bottom venting. Multiple Services currently employ this device.

Packing 3 pieces.