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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 ...
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 rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a ... used during the Second World War An M7 grenade launcher with M9 rifle grenade fitted on the end of an M1 Garand rifle ...
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 ... When using the rifle to launch grenades ...
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.
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 ...
The M1 grenade projection adapter was an expedient rifle grenade used by the American military in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.It consisted of an add-on 22 mm (0.87 in) stabilizer tube and fins that converted a hand-grenade into a rifle grenade.
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 from the firm in Liechtenstein that designed it, the Anstalt für die ENtwicklung von ERfindungen und Gewerblichen Anwendungen , based in Vaduz .