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The M79 was a result of the US Army's Project Niblick, an attempt to increase firepower for the infantryman by having an explosive projectile more 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 satisfactory launcher for it that could ...
Unlike conventional hand grenades, a personal grenade launcher can easily be used to launch flares as a signaling or illumination device. Like 40 mm smoke grenades in the US military, they are all of 40×46 mm caliber, serving more of a use in an individual rather than a crew-served capacity.
Grenade launcher usable on its own or with the H&K G3(named HK79 in this configuration) IWI X95 GL40: Israel Weapon Industries: 40 mm grenade: Israel 2009 Grenade launcher for the X95 and Galil ACE rifles HK269: Heckler & Koch: 40 mm grenade: Germany 2000s Variant of the AG-C with a shorter barrel for the HK 416 and the HK 417: M79 grenade launcher
Fired 40 mm low-velocity M781 showing its orange signal chalk . 40×46 mm LV (low velocity) [2] is a NATO-standard [3] high–low grenade launcher cartridge meant for hand-held grenade launchers, such as the M79, M203, Milkor MGL, Heckler & Koch AG36 and M320 Grenade Launcher Module.
The most well known use of the high-low system was by the U.S. Army, with the 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 fuze. The cartridge casing contains a heavy cup-shaped "high pressure chamber" in the bottom.
A United States Army Special Forces advisor instructing a Vietnamese Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainee on how to use an M79 grenade launcher. A grenade launcher [1] [2] [3] is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead.
M7 grenade launcher; M75 grenade launcher; M79 grenade launcher; M129 grenade launcher; M203 grenade launcher; M243 smoke grenade launcher; M250 grenade launcher; M320 Grenade Launcher Module; Manville gun; Milkor MGL; Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher; Mk 19 grenade launcher; Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher; Mk 47 Striker
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... M79 grenade launcher; M203 grenade launcher; Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper; R. RGM-40 Kastet ...