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{{short description, Type of grenade The MEI Mercury is a family of medium-range low-impulse
40mm grenade This is a general collection of the world's many types of ammunition for grenade launchers in caliber. Several countries have developed or adopted grenade launchers in 40 mm caliber. NATO NATO currently uses three standardized 40 mm grenad ...
(40×46mmSR) developed by Martin Electronics, Inc. (MEI) that can reach out to 800 meters. The rounds are a fixed type ammunition designed to be fired from a 40 mm
Grenade Launcher A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large caliber projectile, often with an explosive, Smoke screen, smoke, or tear gas, gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary gre ...
such as the M79,
M203 The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces ...
, M320 (attached to the
M16 The M16 (officially Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine. In 1964, th ...
rifle or
M4 carbine The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US mi ...
), or Milkor MK-1.


Technical information


High explosive dual purpose

* Body material: Steel * Fuse: SF801/M550 * Charge: 86g A5 * Weapons: M79, M203, Milkor MK-1 launchers * Penetration: 90 mm mild steel at normal impact with anti-personnel fragmentation * Range: (max.) 800 m * Muzzle velocity: 110 m/s


Covert infrared marker

* IR footprint: 28'L × 5'W * IR viability: 15+ nm * Range: (max.) 650 m


See also

* MEI HELLHOUND * M32 Grenade Launcher (Milkor MGL) *
M79 grenade launcher The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40 mm grenade, 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low System, High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and ...
* China Lake NATIC (EX-41) *
M203 grenade launcher The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil force ...
*
M320 grenade launcher M320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) is the U.S. military's designation for a new single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher system to replace the M203 for the U.S. Army, while other services initially kept using the older M203. The M320 uses the same H ...
* MK19 * SAG-30


External links


Martin Electronics, Inc. Home Page




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