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The Sturmpistole ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman.It consisted of a modified flare gun (Leuchtpistole) which could fire a variety of grenades, including a 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) shaped charge Panzerwurfkörper 42 which could penetrate 80 mm (3.1 in) of rolled homogeneous armor.
St. Étienne M1907/16 (French made) Heavy machine guns. Schwarzlose M1907/12 (Austrian made) Grenades. F1 grenade (French made) Churnat grenade (Greek made) Improvised bombs and grenades (Greek made) Mortars. Brandt M1927/31 (French made) Brixia M1935 (Italian captured) Special weapons. Skuras & Romanos depth charge [16] (Greek made)
Military use of combat shotguns through the 20th century has created a need for ammunition maximizing the combat effectiveness of such weapons within the limitations of international law. 12-gauge has been widely accepted as an appropriate bore diameter to provide an effective number of projectiles within an acceptable recoil. Early 12-gauge ...
The SFG 87 (Singapore Fragmentation Grenade) is a defensive fragmentation hand grenade created in Singapore. It is one of the grenades used for infantry divisions of the Singapore Armed Forces. The grenades are produced mainly by Singaporean weapons manufacturer ST Kinetics. It has been mass-produced since 1987, replacing the older SFG 82 and ...
The "Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank No. 74", commonly known as the S.T. grenade [a] or simply sticky bomb, was a British hand grenade designed and produced during the Second World War. The grenade was one of a number of ad hoc anti-tank weapons developed for use by the British Army and Home Guard after the loss of many anti-tank guns in France after ...
The SPG-9 is widely available to terrorists and maritime pirates such as in the Horn of Africa region, and in other regions to a lesser degree. It is not as popular as the RPG-7 because it must be mounted on a vehicle or boat and cannot be easily carried and shoulder fired. The SPG-9 requires much more skill to fire accurately than the RPG-7.
The GM-94 is a 43 mm (1.7 in) pump-action grenade launcher designed mainly to fire thermobaric grenades for close combat. The grenade weighed 250 g (8.8 oz) and contained 160 g (5.6 oz) of explosive, its lethality radius is 3 m (9.8 ft), but due to the deliberate "fragmentation-free" design of the grenade, a distance of 4 m (13 ft) is ...
The M250 is a six-barrel [1] 66-millimeter grenade launchers (the British No. 19 Mk 2 design) [2] used on US Army M1 Abrams tank, USMC M1A1s used an eight-barreled version, known as the M257. [1] [3] The M250 is designed to fire M82 smoke grenades. [3] The launchers are controlled from the commander's seat.