Grenade Launchers
The grenade launcher has evolved from its limited single-shot dedicated form and, today, is an integrated part of the basic infantry squad.
2008
The Brugger & Thomet GL-06 is a single-shot, reusable grenade launcher originating from Switzerland. The small firm of Brugge...
1968
The US military attempted - through several notable endeavors - to provide a capable squad-level repeating grenade launcher d...
1969
The M203 is a single-shot, reusable 40mm grenade launcher designed to extend the reach of the standard infantryman, allowing ...
1999
The Denel PAW-20 "Neopup" ("Personal Area Weapon, 20mm") of South African origin is a unique and advanced 20mm semi-automatic...
1978
The GP series of under-slung, single-shot, muzzle-loading 40mm grenade launchers was developed for the Soviet Army rifleman b...
2006
The 40mm single-shot, breech-loading Heckler & Koch HK AG36 ("Anbaugranatwerfer 36") was designed as a possible grenade-launc...
2012
The futuristic Heckler & Koch HK XM25 IAWS (Individual Airburst Weapon System) is a semi-automatic, multiple-shot, shoulder-f...
1995
In the 1990s, the US Army undertook formal evaluations of several competing automatic rifles to replace the long-running M16 ...
2010
The United States Army has selected the single-shot 40mm HK M320 GLM ("Grenade Launcher Module") as its replacement for the v...
1967
The AGS-17 "Plamya" (or "Flame") is a Soviet-produced automatic grenade launcher similar in scope to the American Mk 19 serie...
2006
The KBP GM-94 is a modern, multi-shot tactical grenade launcher of Russian origin, developed with special forces units such a...
2006
The M32 MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is currently in trials with the United States Marine Corps in the Iraqi Theater of Wa...
1961
During World War 2, the standard infantryman utilized thrown hand grenades and rifle grenades when clearing out suspected ene...
1994
Since the close of World War 2, when infantryman relied on thrown hand grenades or rifle grenades fired from the muzzles of t...
1940
With the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939. However, the situation turned sour when the ...
1981
The ARWEN 37 anti-riot weapon was designed in the late 1970's, ultimately reaching production in the early 1980's. The system...
1949
The RPG-2 is a rocket-propelled grenade launching system. It can trace its history back to the end days of World War 2 where ...
1989
Just before the end of the Soviet Empire in 1991, the Red Army adopted its newest anti-tank measure - the 105mm RPG-29 rocket...
2008
Since the dark days of World War 2, Russia (then the lead of the Soviet Union) has held a high regard for man-portable, tank-...
2008
At the start of the new millennium, the governments of Jordan and Mexico commissioned the Russian government-run bureau of Ba...
1961
The RPG-7 was the Soviet-produced follow-up in the RPG family series of man-portable, anti-tank rocket launchers unveiled in ...
1967
Design of the Mk 19 system began in 1966 by the Naval Ordnance Center out of Louisville with the required evaluations followi...
1921
The 50mm Type 10 was the first of two primary "light mortars" to serve with the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. In...
The Type 2 was a weapon system in service with the Imperial Japanese Army by the time of World War 2. The system attached to ...
1929
The Type 89 "Grenade Discharger" was another of Imperial Japan's "light mortar" systems utilized throughout World War 2. Hard...
1968
The XM174 was an experimental 40mm automatic grenade launcher born from the fighting during the Vietnam War. The design emerg...
2004
The XM307 was born from the since-abandoned "Advanced Crew Served Weapon" (ACSW) project as part of the "Small Arms Master Pl...
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