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The M79 was a result of the US Army's Project Niblick, an attempt to increase firepower for the infantryman by having an explosive projectile more accurate with further range than rifle grenades, but more portable than a mortar. Project Niblick created the 40 x 46 mm grenade, but was unable to create a satisfactory launcher for it that could ...
A United States Army Special Forces advisor instructing a Vietnamese Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainee on how to use an M79 grenade launcher. A grenade launcher [1] [2] [3] is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead.
The MGL is a low-velocity, shoulder-fired 40 mm grenade launcher with a six-round spring-driven revolver-style magazine capable of accepting most 40×46mm grenades.The spring-driven cylinder rotates automatically while firing, but it must be wound back up after every reloading.
[2] [3] The Soviet Union successfully fielded a 30mm grenade launcher, the AGS-17, during its war in Afghanistan. In 2002, Russia introduced a successor weapon, the AGS-30, and in 2017, the AGS-40 Balkan. [6] Traditional munitions for automatic grenade launchers include high explosive, fragmentation, and shaped charge for attacking light ...
30×29mm grenade: Soviet Union 1967 AGS-30: Degtyarev plant: 30×29mm grenade: Russia 1995 AGS-40 Balkan: Tecmash Research and Production Association 40 mm caseless grenade: Russia 2017 Daewoo Precision Industries K4: S&T Motiv: 40 mm grenade: Republic of Korea 1985 Howa Type 96: Howa: 40 mm grenade: Japan 1996 Heckler & Koch GMG: Heckler ...
An M40 recoilless rifle on its M79 "wheelbarrow" tripod Diagram of the operation of a recoilless rifle using a vented case. A recoilless rifle (), recoilless launcher (), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) [1] is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant ...
This category is for articles about infantry fighting vehicles introduced during the Cold War period. Pages in category "Infantry fighting vehicles of the Cold War" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Third Indochina War; Soviet–Afghan War; Persian Gulf War [1] Global War on Terrorism. War in Afghanistan; Iraq War; 2006 Lebanon War; Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) [2] [3] Mexican Drug War; 2013 Lahad Datu standoff; Syrian Civil War [4] Yemeni Civil War. Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen; Russo-Ukrainian War; Israel-Hamas War