Ambush light

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/889956.pdf

ABSTRACT

This memorandum summarizes the development of a pyrotechnic ambush light by
the U. S. Army Land Warfare Laboratory. The light was developed to provide
ambush teams with the capability for on-command, instant lighting of kill
zones.

FOREWORD

The need for a small, lightweight, portable light source for illumination
of ambush kill zones has been recognized by combat units engaged in night
ambush operations.

Under LWL Task 02-F-70, a pyrotechnic ambush light was developed and tested,
and two hundred units were shipped to Vietnam for evaluation.

Development work and fabrication of the RVN evaluation quantity was accomplished
by MRC Corporation under Work Assignments 16 and 19 of Support of
Research and Development of Munitions Contract DAAD05-68-C-0253.