The Army envisioned the system as a counter-defilade weapon and a replacement for the M16 ... an unnamed rifle system that combined a rifle with a three-shot 40mm grenade launcher that could ...

November 2, 2007: The U.S. Army is replacing the M203 40mm grenade launcher with the M320 next year. The M203 fits under the barrel of the M16 rifle (and similar weapons) , and has been in use for ...

By 1953, Project Niblick had its ace in the hole: the 40mm grenade ... to field an under-the-barrel grenade launcher to complement the newly designed M16 assault rifle, War Is Boring notes.

Ever since the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army has been trying to field a grenade launcher that duplicates ... alone or attached under the barrel of an M16 rifle or M4 carbine. (PDF) It comes with ...

the M320 40mm grenade launcher is designed to operate as a stand-alone weapon, in addition to being traditionally mounted to the M16 rifle or M4 carbine. Aca,!A"By designing the M320 with a stand ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is nearly finished rolling out the service’s new grenade ... M203 launcher to lob grenades beyond throw range. The M203, fitted underneath the barrel of a M16 rifle or ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most powerful weapons available to U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps infantry is a grenade launcher designed to fit underneath the M16 rifle.

the 40mm net grenade is perfectly compatible with the M302 single-shot underslung grenade launcher that’s a frequent addition to the standard issue M4 carbine an M16 assault rifle, as well as ...

What particularly makes the Poloz-M16 a combat kayak is a Ukrainian-produced NATO-type UAG-40 grenade launcher mounted in the bow, which can fire a projectile at a distance of up to just over a mile.