How to recognise grenade launchers
7 grenade launchers in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- M203Grenade launchers · USA
40 mm launcher under the handguard of an AR-type rifle; its tube slides forward to load.
- M320 / HK AG36Grenade launchers · Germany
40 mm launcher whose barrel swings out sideways to load; fits under a rifle or stands alone with its own grip and stock.
- Milkor MGLGrenade launchers · South Africa
Six-shot 40 mm revolver launcher with a big rotating cylinder, a collapsible stock and a top-mounted sight.
- No photo yetAGS-17 / AGS-30Grenade launchers · Soviet Union
30 mm automatic grenade launcher on a low tripod with a round drum magazine hanging on its right side.
- No photo yetGP-25 / GP-34Grenade launchers · Soviet Union
Short muzzle-loaded 40 mm launcher under an AK, with its own pistol grip and trigger just in front of the magazine.
- No photo yetHK GMGGrenade launchers · Germany
Squared belt-fed 40 mm automatic grenade launcher with a short barrel and spade grips on a cradle mount.
- No photo yetMk 19Grenade launchers · USA
Large boxy belt-fed 40 mm automatic grenade launcher with a short exposed barrel ending in a flash suppressor and spade grips, on a tripod or vehicle mount.
