A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Soldiers use smoke grenades for concealment and to signal via the release of colored smoke.

John L. Koster, project manager for Close Combat Systems here. CCS oversees the Army's M18 Smoke Grenade family which comes in green, yellow, red and violet. The colonel explained that as a ...

(Aug. 18, 2014) -- Pine Bluff Arsenal's Directorate of Ammunition Operations here achieved a major quality milestone July 2, when it produced its three millionth M18 colored smoke grenade without ...