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  2. Hand mortar - Wikipedia

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    The hand mortar is a firearm and early predecessor of modern grenade launchers [1] that was used in the late 17th century and 18th century to throw fused grenades.The action was similar to a flintlock, matchlock, or wheellock firearm (depending on the date of production), but the barrel was short, usually 2 inches (5.1 cm) to 4 inches (10 cm) long (though some are reported to have barrels up ...

  3. Grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    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. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary grenade cartridges. The most common type are man-portable, shoulder-fired weapons issued to individuals, although ...

  4. M203 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces low. While compatible with many weapons, the M203 was originally designed and produced by the United ...

  5. White phosphorus munition - Wikipedia

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    US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider dropping a 100-pound (45 kg) M47 white phosphorus bomb on a Viet Cong position in South Vietnam in 1966. White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commonly ...

  6. M79 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    M79 with the leaf-type sights unfolded. 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. Its distinctive report has earned it colorful ...

  7. Automatic grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    Automatic grenade launcher. An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, [1] and is typically loaded with either an ammunition belt or magazine. [2][3][4][5] These weapons are often mounted on vehicles or helicopters, as when these weapons are moved by infantry the ...

  8. Mk 19 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Marine fires a Mk 19 40 mm grenade launcher in Quantico, Virginia in September 2000. The Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon that is designed not to cook off. It fires 40 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 325 to 375 rounds per minute, giving a practical rate of fire of 60 rounds per ...

  9. Type 89 grenade discharger - Wikipedia

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    The Type 89 grenade discharger (八 九 式 重 擲弾筒, Hachikyū-shiki jū-tekidantō), inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It got the nickname the "knee mortar" because of an erroneous Allied belief ...