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The M234 Riot Control Launcher is an M16 series rifle or M4 series carbine attachment firing a M755 Grenade round. The M234 mounts on the muzzle, bayonet lug and front sight post of the M16. It fires either the M734 64 mm Kinetic Riot Control or the M742 64 mm CSI Riot Control Ring Airfoil Projectiles.
M203A1 Grenade Launcher with a 9-inch barrel; KAC M203 Grenade Launcher Quick Release Front Bracket; Quick-attach M203 Grenade Launcher Leaf Sight; Insight AN/PEQ-5 Carbine Visible Laser (CVL) Insight AN/PAQ-4 Infrared Aiming Light; AN/PVS-17A Mini- Night Vision Sight; AN/PSQ-18A M203 Day/Night Sight; Carrying/storage case for kit accessories
In the United States, M203 grenade launcher attachments fitted with the standard rifled 40 mm barrels are classified as "destructive devices" under the National Firearms Act (NFA) part 26 U.S.C. 5845, 27 CFR 479.11, [44] because they are a "non-sporting" firearm with a bore greater than one-half inch in diameter. M203s are on the civilian NFA ...
Grenade launcher: 40×46mm: Steyr GL40 stand-alone frame variant manufactured by Lithgow Arms and designated SL40, fitted with a Daniel Defense DDM4 adjustable stock and Ergo AR15 grip. [25] [26] M203 United States: Grenade launcher: 40×46mm: Attaches to the F88 (RM Equipment M203PI) and M4 (Colt M203-A1) rifles. M203 PI entered service in ...
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 [4] [5] for the U.S. Army, while other services initially kept using the older M203. The M320 uses the same High-Low Propulsion System as the M203. The M320 can be mounted on the M16 series of rifles ...
French grenade launchers from 1747. The earliest devices that could be referred to as grenade launchers were slings, which could be used to throw early grenado fuse bombs. . The ancestors of modern ballistic grenade launchers, however, were simplistic muzzle-loading devices using a stake-like body to mount a short, large-bore gun barrel into which an explosive or incendiary device could be ...
A US soldier equipped with an M4 carbine (the US Armed Forces primary infantry weapon), attachments and ammunition has to carry a 16 lb (7.3 kg) load. With the addition of a M320 grenade launcher and ammunition the total increases to 38 lb (17 kg). An XM25 with 36 rounds of ammunition is a 35 lb (16 kg) weapon load alone.
The M26-MASS (Modular Accessory Shotgun System) is a shotgun configured as an underbarrel ancillary weapon attachment mounted onto the handguard of a service rifle, usually the M16/M4 family of United States military, essentially making the host weapon a combination gun.