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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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