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[[File:M87.JPG|thumb|right|200px|M83 TA smoke grenade]]
[[File:M87.JPG|thumb|right|200px|M83 TA smoke grenade]]
[[File:M83 Inert.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sample M83 smoke grenade made inert.]]
The '''M83 TA smoke grenade''' is a modern version of the [[AN/M8 HC smoke grenade]], using the less toxic terephthalic acid (TA or TPA) filler instead of hexachloroethane-zinc (HC). It also features a new body, though it uses the same fuze as the AN/M8. Originally designed in the 1990s purely for use as a training grenade, it has since started to replace the AN/M8 in combat. In 2009, the word "training" was removed from its description in FM 3-23.30 ("Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals").
The '''M83 TA smoke grenade''' is a modern version of the [[AN/M8 HC smoke grenade]], using the less toxic terephthalic acid (TA or TPA) filler instead of hexachloroethane-zinc (HC). It also features a new body, though it uses the same fuze as the AN/M8. Originally designed in the 1990s purely for use as a training grenade, it has since started to replace the AN/M8 in combat. In 2009, the word "training" was removed from its description in FM 3-23.30 ("Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals").



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M83 TA smoke grenade
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Sample M83 smoke grenade made inert.

The M83 TA smoke grenade is a modern version of the AN/M8 HC smoke grenade, using the less toxic terephthalic acid (TA or TPA) filler instead of hexachloroethane-zinc (HC). It also features a new body, though it uses the same fuze as the AN/M8. Originally designed in the 1990s purely for use as a training grenade, it has since started to replace the AN/M8 in combat. In 2009, the word "training" was removed from its description in FM 3-23.30 ("Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals").

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Notation Release Date
America's Army 2002
Battlefield 2 2005
Close Combat: First to Fight 2005
Project Reality 2005
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007
America's Army 3 2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat 2010
Battlefield Play4Free 2011
Project Reality: Falklands 2012
Project Reality: Vietnam As the "M18 smoke grenade" 2012