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A Patrol Craft Fast crewman loads a Mk 18 Mod 0. The Mk 18 Mod 0 was a 40x46mm grenade launcher used by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and also the last known hand crank operated firearm since the Gatling gun. It was replaced by the Mk 19 grenade launcher in service with the United States Armed Forces.
Sweden currently operates the Mk 19 grenade launcher (designated 40 mm granatspruta 92 in Sweden) and thus uses the 40 mm high-velocity cartridge. [ 50 ] [ 26 ] [ 4 ] Going against Swedish military tradition, the 40 mm high-velocity cartridge currently lacks a specified indigenous designation in Swedish service.
The United States Armed Forces has created a plethora of different types of 40 mm grenades in both the low-velocity 40×46 mm and high-velocity 40×53 mm calibers which uses what it calls a high-low propulsion system which keeps recoil forces within the boundaries of an infantry weapon.
Milkor USA previously produced the Mk 1S as the MGL-105, and the Mk 1L as the MGL-140, both referring to their respective chamber lengths. A Video of U.S. Marines training with the M32A1. In 2005, the United States Marine Corps procured 200 MGL-140s, designated as the "M32 Multi-shot Grenade Launcher" (M32 MGL or M32 MSGL). They were initially ...
Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher: Honeywell Corporation and Aeronautical Products Division: 40 mm grenade: United States 1962 Mk 19: Saco Defense Industries Combined Service Forces: 40 mm grenade: United States 1960s Mk 20: NOS Louisville: 40 mm grenade: United States Mk 47 Striker: General Dynamics: 40 mm grenade: United States 2000s PAK-40 AGL ...
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Mk 19 United States: Automatic grenade launcher: 40x53mm grenade Used by 5th Special Operations Regiment. AGS-17 Soviet Union: Automatic grenade launcher: 30×29mm grenade Standard grenade launcher of the Slovak Army. In the future will be replaced by NATO standard grenade launcher. M203 United States: Single shot grenade launcher 40x46mm LV ...
The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War.