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37 mm flare or "1.5 inch" caliber is the specification for a common launching system for non-lethal and less-lethal ammunition. Such launchers are also often known as "gas guns" due to their original use by police for launching tear gas projectiles.
M320 Grenade Launcher Module: Heckler & Koch: 40 mm grenade: Germany 2008 Replaces the M203 in the US Army: M7/M8 grenade launcher: Springfield Armory: United States 1943 M7 and variants for the M1 Garand rifle, M8 for the M1 carbine: MAHG K 218 — — — 18th century Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper: Milkor (Pty) Ltd: 37 mm flare 38 mm grenade
A version fitted with a 37mm barrel (rifled rather than the typical smoothbore used with 37mm munitions) was adopted by Britain as the L104A1. The bore was rifled to increase the accuracy of the L21A1 plastic baton round, thus reducing the likelihood of unintentionally hitting a vulnerable part of the body and causing a fatal injury.
Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP, a French World War I gun; In US World War I service known as the 37mm M1916; COW 37 mm gun, a British World War II airborne anti-tank gun; DEFTEC 37mm launcher; DEFTEC 1315; DEFTEC L8; DEFTEC LMT; M4 cannon, an American World War II airborne anti-tank gun; Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun, a riot gun
Cobray 37 mm launcher 37 mm 1 aluminum barrel, retractable stock [12] Defense Technology 37 mm Launcher 37 mm model dependant single-shot and multi-shot versions [13] DPMS M-37 flare launcher 37 mm 1 [14] Federal Labs 37 mm rotary gas gun 37 mm 6 rotary drum magazine, top-folding stock [15] Federal Labs 37 mm single-shot Federal Riot Gun: 37 mm 1
Western launchers are primarily either the 37 mm flare caliber intended for civilian and law enforcement use, or the larger military 40 mm caliber. This is intended to prevent civilian-legal flare projectors being used to fire lethal military ammunition, since lethal rounds are not manufactured in 37mm caliber.
The 37mm HE round had 39 grams (0.085 lb) of TNT, producing an explosive power of 161 Kilojoules. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] By way of contrast, the HE round from a Sherman 75mm gun had 667 grams (1.47 lb) of TNT, producing 2790 Kilojoules, while the modern 40mm shell from M203 grenade launchers has 32 grams (0.07 lb) of Comp B, producing an explosive power ...
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS / ˈ h aɪ m ɑːr z /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame.