Grenade Launcher

Cover Image: Sawn-off M79 The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break open grenade launcher which fires a 40 x 46 mm grenade and first appeared during the Vietnam War. Because of its distinctive firing sound, it earned the nicknames of “Thumper”, “Thump-Gun” or “Blooper” among American soldiers; Australian…

SOG teams were some of the first to use the XM203 under-barrel grenade launcher. The M203 grenade launcher had been developed between 1967 and 1968 by the AAI Corporation of USA on  contract from US Army. This contract had been issued on the basis of the experience gained by the…