The SIMON is a rifle grenade designed to breach through doors

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Simon says… very loudly…

Anti terror units around the world are using Rafael’s Simon breaching system.

The SIMON is a rifle grenade designed to breach through doors, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is intended for use with 5.56 mm rifles such as the M4 carbine.

The system consists of a bullet-trap tail section which slides over the muzzle of the rifle, an explosive midsection and a front standoff rod. The grenade is propelled by a normal ball or tracer round to a maximum range of thirty meters and is detonated by the impact of the standoff rod against the door to be breached, the standoff distance allowing the blast wave to affect as much of the door surface as possible, negating any need to aim for hinges or locks.

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The Simon is specially adapted for surprise stand-off breaching of steel or wooden doors. The grenade is launched from a rifle, using standard live ammunition, to ranges of 15 to 30 meters.

The Simon, a combat-proven weapon, which gained operational success with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and additional armed forces, can be used for military, counter-terrorist and homeland security applications.

The Simon is comprised of a self-contained unit with a specially designed charge in a plastic housing, standoff rod, stabilizing tail, S&A mechanism and impact detonator. The fuse is armed only after the designated safety distance.

The Simon may be mounted on a variety of personal assault rifles, typically no special modification or adapter is required and it may be launched by firing any of several types of regular 5.56 mm ball ammunition rounds.

SIMON eliminates risk to the operator, reduces injury to personnel in the vicinity of the door and minimizes collateral damage.