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The M79 can fire a wide variety of 40 mm rounds, including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot, flechette (pointed steel projectiles with a vaned tail for stable flight), and illumination. While largely replaced by the M203 , [ 7 ] the M79 has remained in service in many units worldwide in niche roles.
Fired 40 mm low-velocity M781 showing its orange signal chalk . 40×46 mm LV (low velocity) [2] is a NATO-standard [3] high–low grenade launcher cartridge meant for hand-held grenade launchers, such as the M79, M203, Milkor MGL, Heckler & Koch AG36 and M320 Grenade Launcher Module.
The infra-red illumination cartridge (IRIC) M992 is a 40 mm low pressure grenade, designed to be fired from man-portable grenade launchers, to provide infrared illumination. [12] The grenade is designed to be fired into the air. When it gets to its maximum height it deploys a small parachute, and ignites an infrared pyrotechnic flare.
40 mm grenade: Switzerland 2006 GL1 grenade launcher: FN Herstal: 40 mm grenade: Belgium 2001 Designed for use with the FN F2000 rifle GL 40: Steyr Arms: 40 mm grenade: Austria 2009 [1] SL40 variant adopted by the Australian Defence Force: GLX 160: Beretta S.p.A. 40 mm grenade: Italy 2008 GM-94: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 43 mm grenade ...
The M576 is a US Army designation for a 2.646 in (67.2 mm) long and 0.254 lb (0.12 kg) heavy US 40mm grenade buckshot load used in the M79, M203, M320, and M32 MGL grenade launchers. [1] It is olive drab with black markings.
The most well known use of the high-low system was by the U.S. Army, with the introduction of the M79 grenade launcher, shortly before the Vietnam War. The M79 fired a 40 mm shell which contained a standard fragmentation grenade with a modified fuze. The cartridge casing contains a heavy cup-shaped "high pressure chamber" in the bottom.
A development of the HK79A1 is the 40 mm underslung SA80 grenade launcher, adapted for use on the British 5.56×45mm NATO L85A1 assault rifle, where it is mounted by replacing the handguard in a similar manner to the early versions of the US-made M203. This was one of the early studies for an under-carried launcher to be mated to the SA80, and ...
M79 grenade launcher; M203 grenade launcher; Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper; R. RGM-40 Kastet; RGS-50M; RWGŁ-3; T. TW73; Type 91 grenade launcher