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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 .
M75 grenade launcher: Springfield Armory: 40 mm grenade: United States 1961 M129 grenade launcher: Ford Aerospace: 40 mm grenade: United States 1966 Metal Storm 3GL: Metal Storm: 40mm (electronically fired) Australia 2007 Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher: Honeywell Corporation and Aeronautical Products Division: 40 mm grenade: United States 1962 Mk ...
XM307 (Grenade machine gun, 25 mm HV Airburst) M75/M129 (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×53mm) M174 grenade launcher (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×46mm) M175 grenade launcher (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40×53mm) Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher (Manually Operated, Belt-Fed Grenade Launcher, 40×46mm) Mk 20 Mod 0 (Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40 ...
M7 grenade launcher; M75 grenade launcher; M79 grenade launcher; M129 grenade launcher; M203 grenade launcher; M243 smoke grenade launcher; M250 grenade launcher; M320 Grenade Launcher Module; Manville gun; Milkor MGL; Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher; Mk 19 grenade launcher; Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher; Mk 47 Striker
The Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is a lightweight 40 mm six-shot revolver-type grenade launcher (variations also fire 37/38mm) developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor (Pty) Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1981. The MGL was then officially accepted into service with ...
The Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher replaced the earlier Mk 18 hand-cranked multiple grenade launcher. The 40 mm ammunition used (40×53 mm) is not interchangeable with that used in the M203 (40×46 mm). The M203 ammunition develops a lower chamber pressure, and resultant lower muzzle velocity and range, compared to ammunition loaded for the ...
Poland's top police official told a radio broadcaster that a grenade launcher that was a present from Ukrainian officials accidentally exploded while he was moving it in his office this week. Gen.
There are exceptions to this rule: the crank-operated Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher, a unique example of an AGL which was not fully automatic, [17] and the Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher both used the 40×46mm round, and the Chinese Type 87 grenade launcher, a device intended to be employed like a general-purpose machine gun, uses the same 35× ...