The global smoke grenade market is expected to witness significant transformation due to the growing demand for smoke grenades and associated smoking agents from the commercial segment. It is also anticipated that the commercial and civil segment will post a CAGR of 6.71% during the forecast period.The increased use of joint light tactical vehicles (JLTVs) in riot and unrest control operations will help defense and law enforcement agencies employ smoke grenades as a crowd dispersion measure. As such vehicles are integrated with

multiple smoke grenade launchers, this will also have a positive impact on the growth of the market during the forecast period.The emergence of eco-friendly agents in the manufacture of smoke grenades will reduce the risk of toxic contamination. There are also ongoing investments in many countries to determine effective smoke screening compositions that are less hazardous.APAC is expected to have the highest growth rate with a CAGR of 7.26% during the forecast period. The growing investment in the military of many major countries in the region and the increasing militarization of the police force to control civil unrest will propel the market during the forecast period.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Market overview 7

Top vendor offerings 7

PART 03: Market research methodology ........................... 9

Research methodology 9

Economic indicators 9

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 10

Key market highlights 10

Key takeaways 11

Key buying criteria 12

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 13

Market overview 13

Market size and forecast 14

Five forces analysis 16

PART 06: Market segmentation by end-users ................. 17

Segmentation of global smoke grenade market by endusers

17

Military and defense smoke grenade market 18

Law enforcement smoke grenade market 20

Commercial and civil smoke grenade market 22

PART 07: Geographical segmentation ............................. 24

Segmentation of global smoke grenade market by

geography 24

Smoke grenade market in Americas 25

Smoke grenade market in EMEA 27

Smoke grenade market in APAC 29

PART 08: Market drivers ................................................... 31

Effective in combating laser-based weapons 31

Increased riots and protests in urban areas 33

Growing use of smoke canisters in shootings and

photography 34

PART 09: Impact of drivers ............................................... 35

PART 10: Market challenges ............................................. 36

Illicit use of smoke grenades 36

Operational constraints arising from accidental

explosions 37

Concerns about use of smoke grenades and other nonlethal

weapons on civilians 38

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 39

PART 12: Market trends .................................................... 40

Growing acceptance of vehicle-mounted grenade

launchers 40

Development of eco-friendly smoke grenades 42

Handheld multi-shot grenade launchers 43

PART 13: Vendor landscape ............................................. 44

Competitive landscape 44

DIEHL BGT Defence 46

NonLethal Technologies 47

Rheinmetall Defence 49

Safariland 52

3rd Light 53

Other prominent vendors 56

PART 14: Appendix ........................................................... 57

List of abbreviations 57

PART 15: Explore Technavio ............................................ 58