4th Infantry Division Soldiers Test New Battlefield Smoke Generating System
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command issued the following news:
4th Infantry Division Soldiers here finished the final phases of testing a new battlefield smoke-producing system to conceal units during combat.
The Screen Obscuration Module (SOM), which can be mounted to any vehicle or used dismounted, produces a billow of smoke capable of obscuring a platoon's movement.
Currently the Army uses the M8 smoke . . .
4th Infantry Division Soldiers here finished the final phases of testing a new battlefield smoke-producing system to conceal units during combat.
The Screen Obscuration Module (SOM), which can be mounted to any vehicle or used dismounted, produces a billow of smoke capable of obscuring a platoon's movement.
Currently the Army uses the M8 smoke . . .