Advanced grenade launchers combine a rifle and grenade launcher in one weapon with the rifle acting as backup. This idea can be traced back to 1970, and from then until now, ...

The Mk 19 grenade launcher was developed after the Mk18 grenade launcher used in Vietnam was found to be limited because it was a hand-cranked system that fired similarly to the old Gatling gun, ...

The United States military adopted its first rifle grenade in 1911. Designed by U.S. Army Ordnance Officer Col. E.B. Babbitt, the grenade had a long metal stem that was inserted into the barrel of ...