In the US Army change the "grenade launchers"

On the American base of Fort Jackson (South Carolina), exercises began with the use of new rifle grenade launchers M320A1. The old “grenade launchers” M203 gradually “retire”. Reports about this resource armyrecognition.com.

The resource recalls that M203 was developed in 1967 g and adopted by 2 year. The grenade launcher is capable of firing 40-mm grenades to a distance of 400 meters. To date, more than 250 thousand M203 have been produced. They are used in the armies of 40 countries of the world.

“The M320 was developed by the German company Heckler & Koch in 2008 based on the AG36 grenade launcher and differs significantly from the M203 model. In particular, it has a pistol grip and another additional handle, which makes it possible to use weapon autonomously (without mounting on a rifle). The M320A1 modification was developed specifically for the American army and has minor differences from the base model, ”the publication says.

It is noted that М320 can shoot "all NATO-made grenades - high-explosive, smoke and lighting."

In the event of a misfire, it is enough to press the trigger again - the new “grenade launcher” has a self-resetting trigger mechanism (in order to re-fire the M203 grenade launcher it was necessary to additionally retract the bolt).

Comments

[IS-80_RVGK2]

Good grenade launcher.

[Lord of the Sith]

The old American grenade launcher M203 was found at Donetsk Airport.

[cniza]

Well, the United States sends everything there and it seems not for free.

[AnpeL]

In the US Army change the "grenade launchers"

and they do not change "diapers" for an hour. special new diapers developed by heckler and coch or dolce and gabbana

[Juborg]

And what good, let me ask? In addition to pictures and information that it is supposedly better, essentially infa is reduced only to a statement of fact, no more. Not about performance characteristics, not about cost and mass production, nothing is said.

[Olegovi4]

Quote: juborg

Not about performance characteristics, not about cost and mass production, nothing is said.

I agree with you. very rarely, when authors are bothered to indicate important information about the type of weapons that they describe in their articles. this has already been noted many times in the comments, but apparently the authors do not read them.

[Banishing liberoids]

Old grenade launchers will go to ukroinu en masse as "humanitarian aid" - local thugs will tie them to vodka bottles with tape, and there will be two in one - war until the last drop of moonshine.

[Primipilus]

In Ukraine, GP-25 in Soviet times in bulk.

[svp67]

Quote: Primipilus

In Ukraine, GP-25 in Soviet times in bulk.

I’m looking at what they’re going to war with now. I’m NOT SURE.

[Lord of the Sith]

Which they gladly sold throughout Africa and the Middle East.

[210ox]

And what about their gunsmiths, have they transferred? The Germans will do it .. Next time, they will probably charge China ..

[cap]

Quote: 210ox

And what about their gunsmiths, have they transferred? The Germans will do it .. Next time, they will probably charge China ..

The Chinese go and have already compromised. The thing in the household is good.

[burigaz2010]

I always wondered why the first was gp30, and then gp25?

[svp67]

Quote: burigaz2010

I always wondered why the first was gp30, and then gp25?

This is the "state SECRET"

[Razvedka_Boem]

I always wondered why the first was gp30, and then gp25?

Why do you think so?

[burigaz2010]

GP 30 'bonfire, GP 25 shoe? More questions?

[Razvedka_Boem]

GP 30 'bonfire, GP 25 shoe? More questions?

Today was a difficult day .. Therefore, I am sending you (not sending) to Google.

[svp67]

In the US Army change the "grenade launchers"

It is a pity that not "diapers ..."

[AlNikolaich]

But the cartridge was left with a sleeve ... GP-25 is a sleeveless system that really resembles a grenade launcher with a jet stream back. And barrel loading. Americans use a cartridge cartridge with breech loading. And just reached the descent self-cocking ... It seems like progress, but no matter how ...

[Morris worm]

There is one caveat. Ours is good as a weapon of an individual combat unit, that is, a soldier. Adhered to AK means charged, fired.
They also have a chip in shell shots for a grenade launcher. The grenade launcher M203, MGL turret, automatic easel grenade launchers and all this under a 40 × 46 mm projectile.
With a huge range of shots (at least 8). Banal unification. At us AGSy 17 shoot 30, and AGS-40 40mm. Well, at least the GP is all under one caliber.

[Aviagr]

So I propose to create a cumulative grenade in the dimensions of VOG-25, but with increased range (600m) and accuracy (without changing recoil!). And this grenade will come in handy in the self-propelled mortar Borov for this ammunition - with unification for l / s. A small cumulative grenade will very soon be needed from thousands of robotic tankettes such as Uranus, Nerekhta and Borov, and other armored vehicles can "pinch" quite seriously.

[Vadim237]

Well, make armor-piercing - fragmentation shot for GP 30.

[Mountain shooter]

And our "caseless" grenades are cooler! True, there were also 40 mm for the "Balkan". There the grenade is even more brutal. Only, I'm afraid, the barrel will bend the machine gun.

[IS-80_RVGK2]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And our "caseless" grenades are cooler!

What?

[voyaka uh]

"it has a pistol grip and one additional handle,
which allows you to use the weapon autonomously (without mounting on a rifle). "///

In! It's good. I could not stand the M-203. Grenade launcher weight rifle
But it is used very rarely.
But separately - and compact - it can be carried in a jeep side by side.

[zadorin1974]

If you use it separately, you need a butt, or it’s not going to tear your hands off. Isn’t it easier to look like a GNOME? Bonfire could not stand, the trunk pulls to the ground, rarely needed, grenades always interfere.

[alex-cn]

Can’t such a thing turn your hands around? He and hitched to the machine gives seriously.

[voyaka uh]

Yes, I probably need a butt .
To be honest, the grenade from the grenade launcher is only on course
let the young fighter. And "in the field" we used the M203 for launch
lighting rockets. Then I rested my butt on the ground and shot like
from a mortar (and face away).
But the rocket there is weak, rather a signal one.

[alex-cn]

Then immediately something like GM-94

[_Slavs]

+ 1! On the belt

[2005 Aleksey]

But in my opinion nothing has changed.

[Disorder]

Bullshit.
Heckler had an XK-69, which could be used both independently and with a G3 rifle. But the modification of the KhK-69A1 no longer provided for installation on a rifle.

In the USSR, a similar OKG-40 "Iskra" was developed

Now the Germans are again hanging under the barrel of the AG-36, and behind them the Americans.
How to run with such a fool under the barrel? And separately ..... as he said voyaka uh - "in a jeep next to it."

[Aleksey_K]

Quote: AnpeL

In the US Army change the "grenade launchers"

and they do not change "diapers" for an hour. special new diapers developed by heckler and coch or dolce and gabbana

You obviously liked these diapers a lot, just recommend it.

[Vadim237]

This grenade launcher can also be equipped with a laser rangefinder - a sight.

[Aviagr]

It has a too steep ballistic trajectory - it is still better to use the technique (DBM) for its calculations, but even with it on 400 it will be small accuracy.

Quote: Vadim237

make armor-piercing fragmentation round for GP 30.

Financing is the main problem ... But there, if you take it, you need to do the same time as the Singaporeans do with an adjustable time for undermining. Then they can be equipped with fighter UAVs to destroy enemy drones.
A combined ammunition, cumulative-fragmentation, and in Skolopendra laid. There I want to apply one of the developments in the formation of a fragmentation field - from a smooth cast-iron pipe without mechanical notches: cheap and effective (the method requires patenting).

[Vadim237]

"From a smooth cast iron pipe without mechanical cuts" It is better to make titanium lighter and much stronger. Now a kilogram of titanium alloy VT 22 costs 2800 rubles.

[Cat man null]

Quote: Aviagr

... the formation of a fragmentation field .. s smooth cast iron pipe ...

Quote: Vadim237

It is better to make titanium easier and much more durable ....

Vadim, you are with AviagrI just found each other, I think
For your information:
- cast iron pipe, because cast iron, basically, fragile, and easily splits into fragments
- so beloved by you Titanium (You poke him in all the holes, as I noticed) will not work just because he viscous... it’s clear that it will break the pipe, but there will be no fragments, as such
- and it is about the "fragmentation field" ...

That's something like

[Aviagr]

Quote: Cat Man Null

it is about the "fragmentation field"

and why is cast iron bad?!:

Quote: Cat Man Null

- cast iron pipe, since cast iron is mainly brittle, and is easily crushed into fragments

The task is not just to crush, but with the effect of mass particles of 4-10 grams with sharp edges and WITHOUT NOTCHES! Now, most of the laboriousness of making luminous "shirts" of grenades for the GP-25 is just the execution of the bumps. And lumin has a shorter range of destructive power ...
Cast iron is our everything!

[Vadim237]

Actually, I'm writing about the barrel of a grenade launcher. I don't need to tell you about titanium and its properties - no matter how I have been working with it for 8 years, at the expense of "Impact toughness" - the VT 22 alloy is in no way inferior to high-alloy steel, KCU 400 kJ per meter squared, short-term strength for the gap is 1600 MPa and the barrel of the grenade launcher will need to be chrome plated. And I would not make a grenade shirt from cast iron - heavy shots will turn out, since you will have to increase the propellant charge due to the weight of the shirt.

[Aleksey_K]

About the grenade launcher, I can say that it is heavy. Ours is easier. A bunch of arms along with a rifle - only interfere. And the photo is simply fake, without pressing your eyes to the eyepiece in the sight, you will see nothing but a dark spot. Apparently this is a PR of sunglasses. More stupidity than aiming with glasses, I did not see.

[Operator]

Full p..pets - the weight of the new grenade launcher is clearly more than the weight of the old with the same fighting qualities.

Here are the US Army foot soldiers

[Olegovi4]

Quote: Operator

Here are the US Army foot soldiers

why should they be upset? they pokhom, unlike ours, practically do not walk. motorization you understand. We also seem to have transport. but for some reason the commanders preferred (during my service) for the infantry "route number 11".

[jonht]

In our swamps and forests, only in transport ..... So your commanders did everything right, just like mine did in their time .... A march with a full calculation over rough terrain, but alarm trips are always to the maximum on technology .