Editing Z-400 splinter grenade

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|manufacturer = [[Forerunner]]<ref name="readyuplive">[https://twitter.com/Greenskull/status/647562462422781952 '''Twitter''': ''Splinter Grenade'']</ref>

|series = Z-400

|type = [[Grenade]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/splinter-grenade '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Splinter Grenade'']</ref><br />Pursuit Disruption Grid Generator<ref name="universe"/>

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* [[Forerunner-Flood war]]<ref name="universe"/>

* [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]

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|weight= {{Convert|1.4|lb|kg|sp=us|disp=flip}}<ref name="universe"/>

|ammotype-title = Filler type

|ammotype = Ionization pulse<ref name="universe"/>

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The '''Z-400 Pursuit Disruption Grid Generator''' ('''Z-400 PDGG'''), more commonly known as the '''splinter grenade''', is a multi-purpose, area-denial [[grenade]] used by the [[Forerunner]]s.<ref name="universe"/>

== Specifications ==

The Z-400 splinter grenade is an area-denial [[grenade]] that can be utilized for both offensive and defensive purposes. When inert, the splinter grenade is a box-like device with six pyramidal projections from each face and glowing red-orange highlights that is visually similar to the near-detonation phase of the [[Z-040 pulse grenade]]. Once the grenade detonates, the splinter grenade splits and forms into a ionized lattice cloud of several floating orange "sparks". When someone comes into contact with this field, some or all of the sparks will detonate and disintegrate the unfortunate victim(s), just like the pulse grenade. The sparks appear to linger in the air for some time before dissipating.<ref name="universe"/><ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref> The ionized lattice additionally creates an [[electromagnetic pulse]] effect on vehicles that enter the cloud. Reports of a proximity fuse and airburst functionality with some splinter grenades are currently under investigation by the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="universe"/>

Despite the grenade's separate [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] designation, the splinter grenade appears to be one of many programmable settings for the Z-040 pulse grenade. Though it remains unclear who or what unlocked the device's new functionality, it is presumed that [[Promethean]] forces used the splinter grenade over the pulse grenade mode once it was clear that a [[Flood]] infestation was not an immediate tactical concern. UNSC analysis has not yet unlocked the mechanism for changing the grenade's mode nor discerned its other hidden functionality.<ref name="universe"/>

== Gameplay ==

In the ''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]]'', the pulse grenade is portrayed in its near-detonation phase (cube with 6 spikes) which is identical to the splinter grenade's inert phase.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]]''', ''page 47'' (Collector's Edition)</ref>

File:REQ Card - Splinter Grenade Expert.png|Icon for the ''Splinter Grenade Expert'' Armor mod.

* ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}

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