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  2. M79 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Category:Teargas grenade guns - Wikipedia

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    M79 grenade launcher; M203 grenade launcher; Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper; R. RGM-40 Kastet; RGS-50M; RWGŁ-3; T. TW73; Type 91 grenade launcher

  4. United States 40 mm grenades - Wikipedia

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    Older cartridges designed specifically for the M79 grenade launcher or the AN/M8 pyrotechnic pistol also remain in inventory. The XM674/M674 is a CS riot control agent cartridge. The unit contains 90-100 grams of CS mixture, with a 2-7 second ignition delay and burn time of 10 to 40 seconds. The round is effective to a distance of 65 to 90 meters.

  5. List of grenade launchers - Wikipedia

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    T85 grenade launcher: Combined Logistics Command: 40 mm grenade: Taiwan (Republic of China) 1992 Usable on T65, T86 and T91 assault rifles Type 2 rifle grenade launcher: 40mm Japan 1940s For the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles Type 91 grenade launcher: Norinco (China North Industries Corporation) 35 mm grenade (Non-lethal round) China 1991

  6. Grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. High–low system - Wikipedia

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    The M79 was later replaced by the M203, which mounts under the barrel of a rifle. [12] Later, the U.S. Army developed a higher-velocity 40 mm round using their high-low propulsion system for use by heavier machine gun-type grenade launchers found on vehicles and helicopters. Today, besides the U.S. military, the 40 mm grenade family is ...

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  9. List of weapons used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army

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    M79: 40×46mm grenade: Grenade launcher United States: A single example discovered in a large hidden arms bunker under a farm outhouse in Gormanston, County Meath in 1991. [104] In 1981 the Harrison Network was trying to acquire 40 mm grenades suitable for an M79 grenade launcher, according to FBI testimony. [105]