The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls...
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a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil...
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examples of a dedicated breech-loading launcher for unitary explosive grenade rounds was the M79 grenade launcher, a result of the American Special Purpose...
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United States Navy SEALs. The M79 and XM148 grenade launchers were single-shot, and the repeating T148E1 grenade launcher was unreliable, so a request...
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An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, and is typically loaded with...
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ability to act as a stand-alone launcher, a feature included in response to troops re-acquiring Vietnam-era M79 grenade launchers that supposedly gave better...
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The Mk 19 grenade launcher (pronounced Mark 19) is an American 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher that was first developed during the Vietnam War...
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"QLG-91 Underbarrel Grenade Launcher | MilitaryToday.com". www.militarytoday.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26. "6S19 grenade launcher enters serial production...
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in the constellation Lepus M79 grenade launcher, an American grenade launcher M79 rocket launcher, a Yugoslav rocket launcher M-79 (Michigan highway), a...
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grenade launcher – (United States) M79 grenade launcher – (United States) HK69 grenade launcher – (West Germany, Germany) B&T GL-06 Grenade Launcher –...
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experimental 40 mm grenade launcher developed by Colt Firearms as the CGL-4 (Colt Grenade Launcher). Colt manufactured the launcher for field testing during...
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A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand...
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XM174 is a mounted automatic 40 mm grenade launcher heavily based on the M1919A4 machine gun and the M79 grenade launcher, but fed from an ammo can. It was...
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The T148E1 Grenade Launcher is an American semi-automatic grenade launcher manufactured by Springfield Armory, being the first in the T148 (sometimes...
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Riot gun (redirect from Less-lethal launcher)
shotgun shells. Single-shot large bore launchers, such as the Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper, M79 grenade launcher, ARWEN ACE, and RGS-50M, are generally...
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as well as thick vegetation at 885 ft/s (269 m/s). When the 40mm M79 grenade launcher was first developed, the weapon was to be the primary weapon of the...
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The M67 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the United States military. The M67 is a further development of the M33 grenade, itself a replacement...
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imaging devices. Older cartridges designed specifically for the M79 grenade launcher or the AN/M8 pyrotechnic pistol also remain in inventory. The XM675/M675...
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M16 rifle (section Grenade launchers and shotguns)
under-barrel 40 mm grenade launchers, such as the M203 and M320. Both use the same 40×46mm LV grenades as the older, stand-alone M79 grenade launcher. The M16 can...
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A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried...
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glossary of baseball (B)#blooper Bloop tube, a nickname for the M79 grenade launcher "Bloop", the name of several fictional pet monkey characters, see...
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High–low system (redirect from High-low chamber launch system)
introduction of the M79 grenade launcher, shortly before the Vietnam War. The M79 fired a 40 mm shell which contained a standard fragmentation grenade with a modified...
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RGS-50M (category Grenade launchers of Russia)
(Ukraine) DP-64 – (Soviet Union) DP-65 – (Russia) MRG-1 – (Soviet Union) M79 grenade launcher – (United States) M203 – (United States) "RGS-50M - Modern Firearms"...
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AT4 (redirect from AT4 84mm grenade launcher)
armour are exploited. The launcher and projectile are manufactured prepacked and issued as one unit of ammunition, with the launcher discarded after one use...
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The EX 41 grenade launcher, also called the Shoulder-Fired Weapon (SFW), was a prototype multi-shot grenade launcher that was never adopted by the United...
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RGM-40 Kastet (category Grenade launchers of Russia)
(Russia, Soviet Union) M79 Grenade Launcher – (United States) China Lake Grenade Launcher – (United States) HK 69 Grenade Launcher – (West Germany, Germany)...
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Milkor MGL (redirect from M-32 Multiple Grenade Launcher)
The Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is a lightweight 40 mm six-shot revolver-type grenade launcher (variations also fire 37/38mm) developed and...
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low-velocity multi-purpose grenade is a fixed-type munition designed to be fired from a 40×46mm grenade launcher such as the M79, M203, M320 (attached to...
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hand-grenade into a rifle grenade. It supplanted the M17 rifle grenade, and was eventually made obsolete by the 40 mm M79 grenade launcher. The M1 grenade...
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Home-made grenades and IEDs F1 grenade (Chinese Type 1) M29 grenade – captured M79 grenade launcher – captured from US or ARVN forces RG-42 grenade (Chinese...
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