Picatinny arsenal

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The Picatinny Arsenal is a United States Army location in New Jersey .

The facility was founded in 1880 and is best known today for the Picatinny rail for handguns developed there . The 40 mm grenade was also developed there in the early 1950s.

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Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′ 33 ″  N , 74 ° 32 ′ 30 ″  W.