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M31 HEAT rifle grenade information


M31 HEAT rifle grenade
Cutaway of M31 HEAT rifle grenade
TypeAnti-armor rifle grenade
Place of originUnited States
Service history
WarsCold War
Production history
Designedlate 1950s
Produced1950s–1970s
Specifications
Mass709 g (25.0 oz)
Length430 mm (17 in)
Diameter66 mm (2.6 in) warhead

Effective firing range115 m (126 yd)
Maximum firing range185 m (202 yd)
FillingComposition B
Filling weight294 g (10.4 oz)
Detonation
mechanism
Nose-initiated, base-detonated
A marine preparing to fire an M31 from an M1 rifle
An M31 HEAT rifle grenade fitted to an M14 rifle

The M31 HEAT is a fin-stabilized anti-tank rifle grenade designed in the late 1950s to replace the Belgian ENERGA rifle grenade which was adopted by the US Army and US Marines as an emergency stop-gap measure during the Korean War. Like the ENERGA, it has a nose-initiated, based-detonated HEAT warhead, but unlike the ENERGA, the mechanical impact fuse system is replaced with a less complex and more reliable piezo-electric fuse system which also allows higher angles of impact, up to 65 degrees.

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