Vanderbilt-Army collaboration yields improved grappling hook for combat engineers
July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
A grappling hook or grapnel is a fierce looking object with multiple claws or flukes attached to a rope or cable. It is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand so at least one claw can catch and hold on to an object. For U.S. Army combat engineers, a grapnel is part of a breacher kit, tools used for a forward advance in warfare. A grapnel can help safely defuse landmines and clea . . .
A grappling hook or grapnel is a fierce looking object with multiple claws or flukes attached to a rope or cable. It is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand so at least one claw can catch and hold on to an object. For U.S. Army combat engineers, a grapnel is part of a breacher kit, tools used for a forward advance in warfare. A grapnel can help safely defuse landmines and clea . . .