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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 use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M7 was a tube-shaped device, with one end slotting over the muzzle of the rifle and attaching to the bayonet mount, and the other end holding ...
The M1 Garand rifle used the M7 rifle grenade launcher series and the M1 Carbine used the M8 rifle grenade launcher series. They were designed to be used with gas-operated semi-automatic rifles . All four launchers had a series of six rings scored along the length of the launcher.
The first rifles to utilize the 22 mm grenade were the American M1903 Springfield, M1 Garand and M1 carbine, all of which required an adapter (the M1, M7, and M8 grenade launchers, respectively). After the formation of NATO, the 22 mm grenade was adopted as its standard rifle grenade.
M9 rifle grenade being launched from an M1 Garand. 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 distance by a rifle; the M9 was conceived as a lighter version of that design. (The M10 became part of the evolution of the bazooka.)
A 22 mm (0.87 in) grenade can range from powerful anti-tank rounds such as the M9 rifle grenade, to simple finned tubes with a fragmentation hand grenade attached to the end such as the M1 grenade adapter. The "22 mm (0.87 in)" refers to the diameter of the base tube which fits over the spigot of the launcher, not the diameter of the warhead ...
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.
M7A1 rifle grenade launcher for M1 Garand; M8 rifle grenade launcher for M1 Carbine; M9/A1 HEAT (high-explosive anti-tank) rifle grenade; M17A1 illumination rifle grenade; M18A1 illumination rifle grenade; M28 anti-tank rifle grenade (copy of the ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade) M62 fragmentation hand grenade; Mark I illumination hand grenade ...
Rifles. Lee-Enfield rifle (British made) M1 Garand (American made) Springfield M1903 (American made) Scoped rifles. EVO M1995 Kifefs [25] (Greek made) Light machine guns. Bren machine gun (British made) Browning M1918 (American made) Medium machine guns. Browning M1919 (American made) Heavy machine guns. Browning M2 (American made) Grenades