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title: "A Marine Sniper Designed This ‘Survival Grenade’ And Now I Want One"
date: "2017-06-07"
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# A Marine Sniper Designed This ‘Survival Grenade’ And Now I Want One

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/03/19040795-1.jpg>)

Hand grenades just got an upgrade. Normally, those little bundles of death are reserved for situations when you absolutely need to destroy everything in a small area, but a Marine veteran and former scout sniper found a way to improve on that design.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/03/image-placeholder-title-255.jpg>)

Tons of rope and 28 live-saving doodads await.Photo via ZAPS Gear

[The Z.A.P.S. survival grenade](<https://shop.popularmechanics.com/sales/z-a-p-s-gear-survival-grenade?utm_source=popularmechanics.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=z-a-p-s-gear-survival-grenade&utm_term=scsf-231695&utm_content=a0x1a000001t4sz>) is a one-time-use kit wrapped in 40 feet of 550 paracord, and was created by Jeremy McIlroy, a former Marine scout sniper, who took his survival training to the private sector as the president of [Zombie Apocalypse Paracord Survival Gear Inc](<https://www.zapsgear.com/Page_2.html>). The kit costs $75, is waterproof and comes with all the tools, rope, and doodads you need to stay alive in the wild or while on the run from flesh-eating undead.

Related: A Survival Expert Lays Out What You Need In Your Bug-Out Bag »

To open the survival grenade, all you have to do is pull the ripcord — which glows in the dark — and then unspool it. Once it’s all laid out. you’ll be left with plenty of rope, and 28 survival tools. Inside there’s a compass; fire starter; some candles; a knife; a few matches; fishing line; hooks; a few cotton balls; a one-gallon Ziplock bag; a whistle; water purification tablets; and all kinds of other stuff that’ll probably save your life.

“I have put my training, experience, and a lot of thought into designing this survival kit with the hope that it will save lives,” [McIlroy explains on the company website.](<https://www.zapsgear.com/Page_2.html>) “No one wants an accident to happen when they go out into the backwoods, but sooner or later it will happen to someone. Don’t go out without preparing beforehand.”

## Author
James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.

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