by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com May 11, 2004 Combined Tactical Systems, Inc. (CTS) is currently developing a mini-flash-bang (mini-tactical grenade) called the 7290M. The 7290M will be roughly half the size of their standard 7290 flash-bang/tactical grenade , but it will deliver the same amount of sound and flash (candela output). Pretty impressive. The standard 7290 flash bang is 6" high and weighs 550 grams. It puts out 175 db @ 5 feet and 6-8 million candela for 8.5 milliseconds. The 7290 has 10 flash ports on top, and 10 at the base. DefRev got a chance to handle a prototype CTS 7290M mini-flash-bang/tactical grenade recently at TREXPO West. It’s a compact, handy little item. DefRev doesn’t yet have weight specs on the 7290M flash bang. Since it’s half the size of the standard 7290, we’re guessing it’s going to be around half the weight as well, but this unconfi...