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IDF soldier with a SIMON rifle grenade SIMON rifle grenade close up (bottom) Video of U.S. troops using GREM (Simon) rifle grenade system. The SIMON is an Israeli bullet-trap rifle grenade designed to breach through doors, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is intended for use with 5.56 mm rifles such as the M4 carbine.
Today, there is a return to the concept of the rifle grenade, such as the SIMON breach grenade, the IMI Refaim, FN Herstal Telgren and the Japanese Type 06 advance grenades. These grenades were designed to be used by ordinary riflemen as opposed to specially trained grenadiers.
English: Soldiers with 3-7 Infantry Battalion recently received the opportunity to test the Grenade Rifle Entry Munition (GREM) during their recent Vanguard Focus Exercise. Date 5 September 2012
M9 rifle grenade; M17 rifle grenade; M31 HEAT rifle grenade; ... SIMON breach grenade; Sprengpatrone; STRIM 40; STRIM 65; T. Type 06 rifle grenade; Type 10 grenade ...
SIMON breach grenade – A rifle grenade designed to breach through doors. A variant is currently in service with the United States army. LITENING targeting pod – A precision targeting pod designed to increase combat effectiveness of aircraft. International MaxxPro – An MRAP armored fighting vehicle.
Hall-rifle. breech open The original flintlock model of the Hall rifle had a 32.5 in (830 mm) barrel rifled with 16 "clockwise" (right-hand) grooves, making a full rotation in 96 in (2,400 mm). The muzzle was reamed to a depth of 1.5 in (38 mm), creating the illusion of a smoothbore when the user looked down the muzzle of the firearm.
Bomb-making materials linked to the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans were recovered by FBI agents and local law enforcement Thursday at the suspect's residence in Houston, Texas, sources ...
The XM29 was intended to be an individual combat weapon that combined a rifle and airburst grenade launcher. It weighed 18 lb (8.2 kg), far more than an individual rifle or grenade launcher. Its 20 mm airbursting grenades weighed half as much as 230 g (8.1 oz) 40mm grenades. These lighter grenades were less effective at suppressing the enemy or ...