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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.
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
A quadrant sight is provided for aiming, fitted to the right side of the grenade launcher, providing a rotating frame with a post and notch sight, graduated for distances from 50 to 350 m, every 50 m. The launcher weighs 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) unloaded; the muzzle velocity using standard ammunition is approx. 76 m/s (249.3 ft/s).
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 reverse is not true; a full range of less-lethal ammunition is available in 40 mm caliber, and an increasing number of law enforcement launchers not intended for the civilian ...
3 Flare launchers. 4 Less lethal. 5 Automatic rifles. 6 Submachine guns. 7 Shotguns. 8 Machine guns. 9 Grenade launchers. 10 See also. 11 References. Toggle the table ...
In 1938, Manville introduced a twelve round gun with a 37mm (1.5-inch) bore. This version fired 37mm × 5.5 inch Long (37mm × 127mmR) flare, smoke, or tear gas shells and was designed for police and security use. It was meant to be used in an indirect fire mode and had its barrel mounted at the bottom of the cylinder rather than the top.
Civilian flare guns, which fire 37 mm flare caliber (1.46 inch) non-weapon rounds. Fireworks are non-weapon explosive ordnance. Flare launchers are normally exempt as they are signalling devices, not weapons; however, possession of a flare launcher and anti-personnel ammunition for it puts it in the DD category as it is then considered to be a ...
The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II.. The gun was produced in a towed variant, or mounted along with two M2 machine guns on the M2/M3 half-track, resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages.