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 System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War.

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 folding ladder sight is graduated from 75 to 375 meters in 25-meter increments and is quite accurate in experienced hands.

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 tested, the M79 is proof...

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 HE grenade, which fired at a velocity of 75 meters per second.

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 5.95 pounds when empty and 6.45 pounds when loaded. It was 28.78 inches long with a stock and barrel of about even length.

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 devices” by the ATF. Occasionally, original GI M79s can be found offered for sale, but they can be quite expensive.

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 War. It fires a 40×46mm grenade and has a distinctive leaf-sight, wooden stock, and a …