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[[Image:M18red.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Red.]]
[[File:M18red.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Red.]]
[[File:M18violet.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Violet. Violet smoke grenades are no longer manufactured.]]
[[File:M18violet.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Violet.]]
[[File:M18yellow actual.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Yellow.]]
[[File:M18green.jpg|thumb|right|M18 smoke grenade - Green.]]


The '''M18 smoke grenade''' or '''AN/M18''' was introduced in the early 1950s as a replacement for the WW2 M16 smoke grenade. It produces a cloud of colored smoke (green, yellow, red or violet) lasting 50-90 seconds with an average of 60, and is used primarily as a marker for landing zones or air or artillery strikes, though it can also be used to produce obscurant smoke (less efficiently than the dedicated [[AN/M8 smoke grenade]], and is also used as a substitute for chemical weapons in infantry training.
The '''M18 smoke grenade''' or '''AN/M18''' was a colored smoke grenade introduced in late WW2 as a replacement for the M16 smoke grenade. During WW2, the M16 and M18 were visually identical, with yellow marking on a grey body. The M16 was later phased out, and the M18's body was updated to a white on green body.


The smoke formula is the same type used in the M713, M715 and M716 40mm grenade rounds, being mostly a reaction of potassium chlorate with a fuel to disperse smoke loaded with a chemical dye. At some point in the late 80s or early 90s the smoke formula was changed to use sugar instead of sulfur as a fuel for safety, along with changing the composition of the dyes. It was quickly found that the new violet formulation was extremely toxic, and so newer-production M18s are only manufactured in green, yellow and red.
The M18 smoke grenade is a burning-type smoke grenade that produces a cloud of colored smoke lasting 50-90 seconds with an average of 60 (the M16 burns for 2 and a half minutes instead). It is used primarily for signaling and as a marker for landing zones or air or artillery strikes, though it can also be used to produce obscurant smoke (less efficiently than the dedicated [[AN/M8 HC smoke grenade]]), and is also used as a substitute for chemical weapons in infantry training.
 
The M16 smoke grenade was available in green, yellow, red, violet (sometimes mistakenly referred to as purple), blue, orange and black. The M18 eliminated the blue, orange and black variants. The smoke formula is the same type used in the M713, M715 and M716 40mm grenade rounds, being mostly a reaction of potassium chlorate with a fuel to disperse smoke loaded with a chemical dye. At some point in the late 80s or early 90s the smoke formula was changed to use sugar instead of sulfur as a fuel for safety, along with changing the composition of the dyes. It was quickly found that the new violet formulation was extremely toxic, and the color was phased out until a new non-toxic violet was developed in the mid 2000s.
 
''NOTE: The M18 smoke grenade only produces colored smoke. If a smoke grenade releases white or grey smoke, it would in real life be an [[AN/M8 HC smoke grenade]] or [[M83 smoke grenade]], though since in media the smoke is seldom the product of a live grenade being used (as military smoke is toxic) this is not necessarily proof of ID.''


'''The M18 smoke grenade appears in the following films and video games used by the following actors:'''
'''The M18 smoke grenade appears in the following films and video games used by the following actors:'''
''NOTE: The M18 smoke grenade only produces colored smoke. If a smoke grenade releases white or grey smoke, it would in real life be an [[AN/M8 smoke grenade]] or [[M83 smoke grenade]], though since in media the smoke is seldom the product of a live grenade being used (as military smoke is toxic) this is not necessarily proof of ID.''


=== Film ===
=== Film ===
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| ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' || [[Jsu Garcia]] || Captain Tony Nadal || || 2002
| ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' || [[Jsu Garcia]] || Captain Tony Nadal || || 2002
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| ''[[S.W.A.T.]]'' || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Brian Gamble || || 2003
| ''[[S.W.A.T. (2003)|S.W.A.T.]]'' || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Brian Gamble || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[S.W.A.T.]]'' || || Gang members || || 2003
| ''[[S.W.A.T. (2003)|S.W.A.T.]]'' || || Gang members || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' || || U.S. Navy SEALs || || 2003
| ''[[Tears of the Sun]]'' || || U.S. Navy SEALs || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Basic]]'' || [[Cristián de la Fuente]] || Castro || || 2003
| ''[[Basic]]'' || [[Cristián de la Fuente]] || Castro || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Transformers]] || [[Tyrese Gibson]] || Technical Sergeant Bobby Epps || || 2007
|-
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| ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' ||[[Ben Stiller]] || Tugg Speedman || || 2008
| ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' ||[[Ben Stiller]] || Tugg Speedman || || 2008
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| ''[[Battleground (2012)|Battleground]]'' || || || Seen in The Hunter's stockpile || 2012
| ''[[Battleground (2012)|Battleground]]'' || || || Seen in The Hunter's stockpile || 2012
|-
|''[[Black Widow (2021)|Black Widow]]''|||| Venezuelan soldier||on chest rig ||2021
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
|-
| [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]] ||  ||  ||MP only || 2001
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || || || MP only || 2001
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' || || || || 2002
|-
| ''[[America's Army]]'' ||  || With green smoke || Unusable || 2002
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]'' || || || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm II]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[IGI 2: Covert Strike]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' ||  ||  || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' ||  || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Vietcong 2]]'' || || || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Elite Warriors Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Conflict: Desert Storm]] || || || || 2002
| ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' || || || Unusable || 2005
|-
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| [[America's Army]] || || With green smoke || Non-playable || 2002
| ''[[Medal of Honor: European Assault]]'' || || || Unusable ||2005
|-
|-
| [[Medal of Honor: Frontline]] || || ||  || 2002
| ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' || || With purple and orange smoke || Unusable || 2005
|-
|-
| [[IGI 2: Covert Strike]] || || || || 2003
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' || || With purple, yellow, green, orange, blue, and red smoke || || 2005
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 2]] || || || || 2005
| ''[[Reservoir Dogs (VG)|Reservoir Dogs]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]] || || || || 2005
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Vegas]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 3]] || || || || 2006
| ''[[Company of Heroes (2006)|Company of Heroes]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Kane and Lynch: Dead Men]] || || || || 2007
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]]'' || || With Red, White and Purple || || 2006
|-
|-
| [[Rainbow Six: Vegas]] || || || || 2006
| ''[[Kane and Lynch: Dead Men]]'' || || || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]] || || || || 2008
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Airborne]]'' || || || Unusable || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Battlefield 2]] || || With purple and orange smoke || non-playable || 2005
| ''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]]'' ||"Smoke Grenade" |||| || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality]] || || With purple, yellow, green, orange, blue, and red smoke || || 2005
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || || With purple, yellow, red, or blue smoke || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With Red, White and Purple || || 2006
| ''[[Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat]]'' || || With purple, blue, red, black and gray smoke || || 2007
|-
|-
| [[Alliance of Valiant Arms]] || || With purple, yellow, red, or blue smoke || || 2007
| ''[[Combat Arms]]'' || "SA-18" || || Used to mark artillery strike location || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat]] || || With purple, blue, red, black and gray smoke ||  || 2007
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' || || || White smoke and yellow, green, blue and red "emotion" grenades || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Combat Arms]] || || || || 2008
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
|-
| [[Combat Arms]] || "SA-18" || || Used to mark artillery strike location || 2008
| ''[[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]]'' || || || || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] || || || White smoke and yellow, green, blue and red "emotion" grenades || 2008
| ''[[1968 Tunnel Rats (VG)|1968 Tunnel Rats]]'' || || || || 2009
|-
|-
| [[Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising]] || || || || 2009
| ''[[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]'' || || || || 2010
|-
|-
| [[1968 Tunnel Rats (VG)]] || || || || 2009
| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)]]'' || M18 || || multiplayer only || 2010
|-
|-
| [[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]] || ||in various colors  || || 2010
| ''[[Bodycount]]'' || Grenade || Impact and timer modes || HE grenades based on M18 || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Delta Force: Xtreme 2]]||||||||2010
| ''[[Dead Island]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
|-
|[[Medal of Honor (2010)]]||M18||||multiplayer only||2010
| ''[[War Inc. Battlezone]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
|-
| [[Bodycount]] || Grenade || Impact and timer modes || HE grenades based on M18 || 2011
| ''[[Project Reality: Falklands]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[vietcong 2]] || || || || 2005
| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' || As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" || With purple & orange smoke || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Elite Warriors Vietnam]] || || || || 2005
| ''[[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
|-
| [[Dead Island]] || || || || 2011
| ''[[Arctic Combat]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
|-
|[[War Inc. Battlezone]]||||||||2011
| ''[[Project Reality: Normandy]]'' || As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" || || || 2013
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality: Falklands]] || || || || 2012
|''[[Payday 2]]'' || "Smoke Bomb" || || Usable variant added in  Sangres Character Pack (2017) ||2013
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality: Vietnam]] || As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" || With purple & orange smoke || || 2012
| ''[[Warface]]'' || |||| ||2013
|-
|-
| [[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]] || || || || 2012
|''[[Postal 2|Postal 2: Paradise Lost]]'' || "Stun Grenade"|| ||Behaves like a flash grenade||2015
|-
|-
| [[Arctic Combat]] || || || || 2012
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Siege]]'' || || || || 2015
|-
|-
| [[Project Reality: Normandy]] || As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" || || || 2013
| ''[[Squad]]'' || || Blue, white and red smoke || || 2015
|-
|-
| [[Rainbow Six: Siege]] || || || || 2015
| rowspan=3|''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || M18 Smoke Grenade Red|| Red smoke|||| rowspan=3|2016
|-
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| [[Squad]] || || Blue, white and red smoke || || 2015
| M18 Smoke Grenade Murica|| Red white and blue smoke||
|-
|-
| [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered]] || || || || 2016
| M18 Smoke Grenade White|| White smoke||
|-
|-
| [[Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault]] || "Smokebomb" || ||Futuristic model, previously available to purchase before being moved to Specialist characters with the "Renewal" update || 2015
| ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered]]'' || || || || 2016
|-
|-
| [[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3]] || || || || 2017
| [[Escape from Tarkov]] ||M18 smoke grenade (green) || ||green color of smoke. Added in 0.12.12.0.16029 patch (2021)|| 2016
|-
|-
| ''[[Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault]]'' || "Smokebomb" || ||Futuristic model, previously available to purchase before being moved to Specialist characters with the "Renewal" update || 2015
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3]]'' || || || || 2017
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || || || || 2017
|-
| ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' || |||| || 2017
|-
| ''[[Ironsight]]'' || Smoke Grenade || || Fictional M19 model || 2018
|-
| ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[World War 3]]'' || Smoke Grenade || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Ring of Elysium]]'' || || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Insurgency Sandstorm]]'' || "M83 Smoke" || || || 2018
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare]]'' || Smoke Grenade|| || || 2019
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts]]'' || || || || 2019
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Vanguard]]'' || Smoke Grenade || || || 2021
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II]]'' || || || Carried on some multiplayer outfits || 2022
|-
| ''[[Trepang2]]'' || || || Green smoke || 2023
|}
|}


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| ||US Army soldiers || [[Tour of Duty]] ||  || 1987-1990
| [[Tour of Duty]] || ||US Army soldiers ||  || 1987-1990
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| [[Band of Brothers]] || [[Damian Lewis]] || Lt. Richard "Dick" Winters ||  Repainted to look like a period-correct M16 || 2001
|-
|-
| [[Damian Lewis]] || Lt. Richard "Dick" Winters || [[Band of Brothers]] || Repainted to look like a period-correct M16 || 2001
|''[[True Detective - Season 3|True Detective]]''  ||[[Mahershala Ali]]||Det. Wayne Hays||||2019
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Latest revision as of 23:09, 11 December 2023

M18 smoke grenade - Red.
M18 smoke grenade - Violet.
M18 smoke grenade - Yellow.
M18 smoke grenade - Green.

The M18 smoke grenade or AN/M18 was a colored smoke grenade introduced in late WW2 as a replacement for the M16 smoke grenade. During WW2, the M16 and M18 were visually identical, with yellow marking on a grey body. The M16 was later phased out, and the M18's body was updated to a white on green body.

The M18 smoke grenade is a burning-type smoke grenade that produces a cloud of colored smoke lasting 50-90 seconds with an average of 60 (the M16 burns for 2 and a half minutes instead). It is used primarily for signaling and as a marker for landing zones or air or artillery strikes, though it can also be used to produce obscurant smoke (less efficiently than the dedicated AN/M8 HC smoke grenade), and is also used as a substitute for chemical weapons in infantry training.

The M16 smoke grenade was available in green, yellow, red, violet (sometimes mistakenly referred to as purple), blue, orange and black. The M18 eliminated the blue, orange and black variants. The smoke formula is the same type used in the M713, M715 and M716 40mm grenade rounds, being mostly a reaction of potassium chlorate with a fuel to disperse smoke loaded with a chemical dye. At some point in the late 80s or early 90s the smoke formula was changed to use sugar instead of sulfur as a fuel for safety, along with changing the composition of the dyes. It was quickly found that the new violet formulation was extremely toxic, and the color was phased out until a new non-toxic violet was developed in the mid 2000s.

NOTE: The M18 smoke grenade only produces colored smoke. If a smoke grenade releases white or grey smoke, it would in real life be an AN/M8 HC smoke grenade or M83 smoke grenade, though since in media the smoke is seldom the product of a live grenade being used (as military smoke is toxic) this is not necessarily proof of ID.

The M18 smoke grenade appears in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
8 Million Ways to Die Jeff Bridges Matt Scudder 1986
Full Metal Jacket U.S. Marines 1987
Iron Eagle II Jason Blicker Technical Sergeant Hickman 1988
Forrest Gump Tom Hanks Forrest Gump 1994
Forrest Gump U.S. Army soldiers 1994
Léon (The Professional) NYPD ESU officers 1994
Operation Dumbo Drop Corin Nemec Specialist Lawrence Farley 1995
Se7en John C. McGinley Officer California 1995
Se7en SWAT officers 1995
Courage Under Fire Seth Gilliam Sergeant Steven Altemeyer 1996
Courage Under Fire Matt Damon Specialist Ilario 1996
The Rock Rogue Marine Inaccurately portrayed as High-Explosive grenade 1996
Rules of Engagement Samuel L. Jackson Lt. Terry Childers 2000
Rules of Engagement U.S. Marines 2000
We Were Soldiers Jsu Garcia Captain Tony Nadal 2002
S.W.A.T. Jeremy Renner Brian Gamble 2003
S.W.A.T. Gang members 2003
Tears of the Sun U.S. Navy SEALs 2003
Basic Cristián de la Fuente Castro 2003
Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller Tugg Speedman 2008
The Objective Sam Hunter SGT Tim Cole 2009
Battle: Los Angeles Will Rothhaar Cpl. Lee Imlay 2011
Battleground Seen in The Hunter's stockpile 2012
Black Widow Venezuelan soldier on chest rig 2021

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein MP only 2001
Conflict: Desert Storm 2002
America's Army With green smoke Unusable 2002
Medal of Honor: Frontline 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
IGI 2: Covert Strike 2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive 2004
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood 2005
Vietcong 2 2005
Elite Warriors Vietnam 2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Unusable 2005
Medal of Honor: European Assault Unusable 2005
Battlefield 2 With purple and orange smoke Unusable 2005
Project Reality With purple, yellow, green, orange, blue, and red smoke 2005
Reservoir Dogs 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2006
Company of Heroes 2006
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 With Red, White and Purple 2006
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men 2007
Medal of Honor: Airborne Unusable 2007
Cross Fire "Smoke Grenade" 2007
Alliance of Valiant Arms With purple, yellow, red, or blue smoke 2007
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat With purple, blue, red, black and gray smoke 2007
Combat Arms "SA-18" Used to mark artillery strike location 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots White smoke and yellow, green, blue and red "emotion" grenades 2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 2008
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising 2009
1968 Tunnel Rats 2009
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 2010
Medal of Honor (2010) M18 multiplayer only 2010
Bodycount Grenade Impact and timer modes HE grenades based on M18 2011
Dead Island 2011
War Inc. Battlezone 2011
Project Reality: Falklands 2012
Project Reality: Vietnam As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" With purple & orange smoke 2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action 2012
Arctic Combat 2012
Project Reality: Normandy As the "AN/M18 smoke grenade" 2013
Payday 2 "Smoke Bomb" Usable variant added in Sangres Character Pack (2017) 2013
Warface 2013
Postal 2: Paradise Lost "Stun Grenade" Behaves like a flash grenade 2015
Rainbow Six: Siege 2015
Squad Blue, white and red smoke 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades M18 Smoke Grenade Red Red smoke 2016
M18 Smoke Grenade Murica Red white and blue smoke
M18 Smoke Grenade White White smoke
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered 2016
Escape from Tarkov M18 smoke grenade (green) green color of smoke. Added in 0.12.12.0.16029 patch (2021) 2016
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault "Smokebomb" Futuristic model, previously available to purchase before being moved to Specialist characters with the "Renewal" update 2015
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 2017
Call of Duty: WWII 2017
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017
Ironsight Smoke Grenade Fictional M19 model 2018
Battlefield V 2018
World War 3 Smoke Grenade 2018
Ring of Elysium 2018
Insurgency Sandstorm "M83 Smoke" 2018
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Smoke Grenade 2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2019
Call of Duty: Vanguard Smoke Grenade 2021
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Carried on some multiplayer outfits 2022
Trepang2 Green smoke 2023

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Tour of Duty US Army soldiers 1987-1990
Band of Brothers Damian Lewis Lt. Richard "Dick" Winters Repainted to look like a period-correct M16 2001
True Detective Mahershala Ali Det. Wayne Hays 2019
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