• 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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    grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low...
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    as attachments mounted to a parent firearm, usually a rifle. Larger crew-served automatic grenade launchers such as the Mk 19 are mounted on tripods or...
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  • to fire rifle grenades. These included a thicker receiver, a new latch for the dust cover to ensure it would not be jarred loose by a grenade discharge...
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    types of rifle grenade, both with the nomenclature of M60. The M60 anti-personnel rifle grenade bore a resemblance to the French M52 rifle grenade. The M60...
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  • "Ball") No.17 rifle grenade No.20 rifle grenade No.22 rifle grenade No.24 rifle grenade No.35 rifle grenade No.44 rifle grenade Obstacle clearing explosive...
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    was developed based on rifle grenade launcher models designed during World War I. The 30 mm Schiessbecher cup-type rifle grenade launcher could be mounted...
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    projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern hand grenade generally consists of an explosive charge...
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    The M9 rifle grenade was an American anti-tank rifle grenade used during World War II. The earlier-designed M10 grenade was too heavy to be fired an effective...
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    The M7 grenade launcher, formally rifle grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread...
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    Mills bomb (redirect from 36 grenade)
    later in 1916. The No. 23 Mk 1, the hand/rifle-grenade had a base plug drilled with a threaded hole for a rifle launching rod. The No. 23 Mk II had a new-style...
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    The Viven-Bessières rifle grenade, named after its inventors, also known as "VB grenade", and officially referred to as the "Viven-Bessières shell" in...
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    HEAT is a fin-stabilized anti-tank rifle grenade designed in the late 1950s to replace the Belgian ENERGA rifle grenade which was adopted by the US Army...
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  • anti-tank grenade (HEAT anti-tank rifle grenade) No.69 Mk.I grenade (Concussion hand grenade) No.73 anti-tank grenade (Also known as the "Thermos grenade") No...
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    FAMAS (redirect from Famas (rifle))
    of the gas used in a blank cartridge. The FAMAS can use a variety of rifle grenades up to 500 g (18 oz). Notable examples include the antipersonnel APAV40...
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    T2 grenade ) is a rifle grenade that was used by the United States during World War II. "GRENADE, RIFLE, FRAGMENTATION, IMPACT, Ml7— This grenade consists...
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  • The M34 WP Grenade replaced the World War II M15 WP grenade. The M34 could be fired from a rifle grenade launcher using M2-series grenade launching adapters...
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  • The Hales rifle grenade is the name for several rifle grenades used by British forces during World War I. All of these are based on the No. 3 design. To...
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  • The Energa anti-tank rifle grenade is a rifle-launched anti-tank grenade that is propelled by a ballistite-filled blank cartridge. The name Energa comes...
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  • ranges with and without an additional booster-charged rifle grenade. For such indirect rifle grenade fire, the Stgw. 57 was set on the ground and a weighted...
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  • Machine Helfrich, Emma (2022-06-17). "New Automatic Grenade Launcher Is Designed Like An Assault Rifle". The Drive. Retrieved 2023-08-13. Firefight!: The...
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    accurate with further range than rifle grenades, but more portable than a mortar. Project Niblick created the 40 x 46 mm grenade, but was unable to create a...
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    M320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) is the U.S. military's designation for a new single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher system to replace the M203 for the U...
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    be able to fire 22mm rifle grenades, which are slid over the unobstructed barrel muzzle now formed into a spigot-type rifle grenade launcher. A horizontal...
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    rifle grenade launcher was replaced by a combination compensator/rifle grenade launcher that fired NATO-standard 22mm rifle grenades. The rifle also incorporates...
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    The Spanish munitions company Instalaza made two models of rifle grenade during the 1960s. As well as being used by the Spanish Army, the Portuguese Army...
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  • FN FAL (redirect from FN rifle)
    bypassed completely, using the gas plug, to allow for the firing of rifle grenades and manual operation. The FAL's magazine capacity ranges from five to...
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    The Mk 2 grenade (initially known as the Mk II), also nicknamed the Pineapple is a fragmentation-type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the U.S...
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  • grenade M17A1 illumination rifle grenade M18A1 illumination rifle grenade M28 anti-tank rifle grenade (A copy of the ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade)...
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  • .30-06 Springfield (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)
    grenade launchers. The M1 was a universal blank and rifle grenade cartridge that replaced the specialized rifle grenade (RG), chemical rifle grenade (CRG)...
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