Light grenade launchers hotting up ...
Armada International › Vol. 34 Nbr. 6, December 2010
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Infantry: weapons
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Light grenade launchers hotting up ...
Following the end of the Cold War, when indirect fire support was nearly always available to small infantry units as they were part of a coherent combat operation, the advent of asymmetrical scenarios totally changed the parameters. Some of the systems that became famous in Vietnam, namely underbarrel and stand-alone light grenade launchers, came back to provide basic indirect fire support at squad level. Several armies that did not have such systems in their inventory started to introduce them.
This re-equipping sparked off a proliferation of products on the market. Moreover, the access of many former Warsaw Pact countries to Nato and the increase of multinational operations forced many Eastern European manufacturers to shift from the Vog-25 ammunition to western 40 x 46 mm standard ammunition. Underbarrel launchers The M203, developed by AAI and mass produced by Colt, remains the most widespread system, although in US Army service it is being replaced by the M320, the American shortened version of the Heckler & Koch AG36. The system comes in two versions, the M320, which fits the Ml6 assault rifle, and t...See the full content of this document
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