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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.
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
All current M16-type rifles can mount under-barrel 40 mm grenade launchers, such as the M203 and M320. Both use the same 40×46mm LV grenades as the older, stand-alone M79 grenade launcher. The M16 can also mount under-barrel 12 gauge shotguns such as KAC Masterkey or the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System.
Some grenadiers did choose to carry a slung M16 rifle in lieu of a sidearm. Cut-down M-79 captured by Marines in 1968. Underbarrel grenade launchers, such as the XM148 and the M203, both designed as attachments for the M16 rifle, were developed during the Vietnam War, allowing the grenadier to also function as a rifleman. The XM148 was plagued ...
[10] [11] This reduces the weight the soldier must carry by eliminating the grenade launcher's buttstock and makes the grenade launcher available for use at a moment's notice. Underbarrel 40 mm grenade launchers generally have their own trigger group; to fire, one simply changes grips, disengages the safety, and pulls the trigger.
Or, as an under-barrel attachment to an assault rifle, such as the M203 grenade launcher attached to an M16 rifle. 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.
Automatic grenade launcher United States: Fire-control system M203: 40mm: Grenade launcher United States: Single-shot underbarrel grenade launcher M320: 40mm: Single shot Grenade launcher Germany United States: Single-shot underbarrel or stand-alone grenade launcher Mk 14: 40mm: Grenade launcher South Africa: Six-shot revolver-type grenade ...
The XM148 mounted to an early Colt AR-15 rifle.. The Colt XM148 grenade launcher was created by Colt's Design Project Engineer, gun designer Karl R. Lewis.The May 1967 "Colt's Ink" newsletter announced that he had won a national competition for his selection and treatment of materials in the design.