The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion …

2022年9月6日 · The M79, also known as the Thumper Gun or Bloop Tube, was familiar to anyone serving during the Vietnam War. There are two different sighting systems on the M79. The …

2020年6月16日 · Used by police forces around the world, the M79 is often used to fire sponge rounds or rubber-coated crowd dispersal rounds to break up mobs and restore order. Time …

2022年2月24日 · The M79 grenade launcher could fire a host of rounds, including anti-personnel, buckshot, illumination, flechette, and smoke. Among the most effective was the M406 40 mm …

Dubbed, the “the platoon leader’s artillery,” the M79 was used extensively by American and allied forces in Southeast Asia against Viet Cong forces and NVA regular units. The M79 weighed …

2023年12月27日 · The M79 allows the stand-off distance needed to eliminate the threat and keep roads open for convoys. M79 and M203 40mm grenade launchers are considered “destructive …

2013年8月12日 · The M79 bloop gun was the iconic grenade launcher of Vietnam but it's life began before, in WWII with rifle fired grenades from M1 garands and carbines.

The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, break-open, breech-loading, shoulder-fired weapon (Figure A-1). It consists of a receiver group, fore-end assembly, barrel group, sight assembly, …

The M79: The M79 was carried in order to replace rifle grenades, and effectively did so. The dedicated grenade launcher saw a lot of action over the course of the war, with its users …

2023年2月4日 · The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action weapon that was developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was first used in the Vietnam …