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List of grenade launchers

Summary

This article lists all forms of grenade launchers around the world, that is to say weapons that launch grenades with more accuracy, a higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could.[1]

Below is the list of grenade launchers.

Single grenade launcher edit

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year Note
AG-40   40 mm grenade   Romania 1986 Designed to mount on the PA md. 86 rifle
ARDE 40 mm UBGL Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli   40 mm grenade   India 2010
Bren CZ 805 G1 Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod 40 mm grenade   Poland 2011
BS-1 Tishina TsNIITochMash   30×29mm grenade   Soviet Union 1970
China Lake Grenade Launcher China Lake Naval Weapons Center   40 mm grenade   United States 1967
EAGLE grenade launcher Colt Canada 40 mm grenade   Canada 2016
Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module FN Herstal  
  		40 mm grenade   Belgium 2004 Updated version of the GL1 for use with the FN SCAR family of rifles and stand-alone use
GL06 Brügger & Thomet   40 mm grenade   Switzerland 2006
GL1 grenade launcher FN Herstal
 
 40 mm grenade   Belgium 2001 Designed for use with the FN F2000 rifle
GL 40 Steyr Arms   40 mm grenade   Austria 2009[2] SL40 variant adopted by the Australian Defence Force
GLX 160 Beretta S.p.A.   40 mm grenade   Italy 2008
GM-94 KBP Instrument Design Bureau   43 mm grenade   Russia 1990s
GP-25 KBP Instrument Design Bureau  
  		40 mm grenade   Soviet Union 1966
GP-30
GP-34 		KBP Instrument Design Bureau  
  		40 mm grenade   Soviet Union 1989
HK AG36 Heckler & Koch   40 mm grenade   Germany 2002 Grenade launcher for the HK G36
HK AG-C/EGLM Heckler & Koch    40 mm grenade   Germany 2000s Used with the Diemaco C7 and C8 in the Netherlands Army, with the SA80 in the British Army
HK69A1 Heckler & Koch   40 mm grenade   West Germany 1960s Grenade launcher usable on its own or with the H&K G3(named HK79 in this configuration)
IWI X95 GL40 Israel Weapon Industries 40 mm grenade   Israel 2009 Grenade launcher for the X95 and Galil ACE rifles
HK269 Heckler & Koch   40 mm grenade   Germany 2000s Grenade launcher for the HK 416 and the HK 417
M79 grenade launcher Springfield Armory
Action Manufacturing Company
Kanarr Corporation[3]
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge 		  40 mm grenade   United States 1953
M203 grenade launcher Colt's Manufacturing Company  
  		40 mm grenade   United States 1967
M203XX RAMBO (Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance) ARDEC / Picatinny arsenal   40 mm grenade   United States 2017 3D-Printed prototype by the US Army [4]
M320 Grenade Launcher Module Heckler & Koch   40 mm grenade   Germany 2008 Replaces the M203 in the US Army
MAHG K 218 —   — — 18th century
Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper Milkor (Pty) Ltd   37 mm flare
38 mm grenade
40 mm grenade (All less-lethal rounds) 		  South Africa 1981
Milkor 40 mm UBGL grenade launcher Milkor (Pty) Ltd 40 mm grenade   South Africa 2010s
Northover Projector —   2.5 inch   United Kingdom 1940
Pallad wz. 1974 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów   40 mm grenade   Poland 1968
Pallad wz. 1983 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów   40 mm grenade   Poland 1968
Pindad SPG-1 Pindad
 
 40 mm grenade   Indonesia 2005(?)
QLG-10 35 mm grenade   China 2010s
RGM-40 V.N. Teles   40 mm grenade   Russia 1997[5] Stand-alone version of the GP-30
RGS-50M Degtyaryov Plant   50mm grenade   Soviet Union 1990s
RWGŁ-3 Łucznik Arms Factory   UGŁ-200 canister   Poland 1970s
Shorty 40 LMT (Lewis Machine & Tool Company) 40 mm grenade   United States 2024 [6]
SIG GL 5040 Swiss Arms   40 mm grenade   Switzerland 1997 Usable with the Sig 550 family
T85 grenade launcher Combined Logistics Command
 
 40 mm grenade   Taiwan (Republic of China) 1992 Usable on T65 , T86 and T91 assault rifles
Type 91 grenade launcher NORINCO

(China North Industries Corporation)

35 mm grenade (Non-lethal round)   China 1991 Usable on Type 56, Type 81 and QBZ-95 Chinese rifles [7]
UBGL-1 Arsenal JSCo.   40 mm caseless grenade   Bulgaria
VB rifle grenade Viven-Bessières (VB)   —   France 1916
Verrou Mortier 2.5 pouces —    2.5 inches   France 16th century or 17th century Brass grenade launcher with a trigger lock
VHS-BG grenade launcher HS Produkt 40 mm grenade   Croatia 2007
XM148 grenade launcher Colt's Manufacturing Company  

 

40 mm grenade   United States 1964

Multiple-grenades launcher edit

Automatic edit

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year Note
6S19 Pribor Research and Production Association   40 mm caseless grenade   Russia 2022 [8]
AGS-17 Molot plant   30×29mm grenade   Soviet Union 1967
AGS-30 Degtyarev plant   30×29mm grenade   Russia 1995
AGS-40 Balkan Tecmash Research and Production Association   40 mm caseless grenade   Russia 2017
Daewoo Precision Industries K4 S&T Motiv   40 mm grenade   South Korea 1985
Howa Type 96 Howa   40 mm grenade   Japan 1996
Heckler & Koch GMG Heckler & Koch   40 mm grenade   Germany 1992
Indumil IMC-40 INDUMIL 40 mm grenade   Colombia
KBA-117 kbmia 40 mm grenade   Ukraine [9]
M75 grenade launcher Springfield Armory   40 mm grenade   United States 1961
M129 grenade launcher Ford Aerospace   40 mm grenade   United States 1966
Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher Honeywell Corporation and Aeronautical Products Division   40 mm grenade   United States 1962
Mk 19 Saco Defense Industries
Combined Service Forces 		  40 mm grenade   United States 1960s
Mk 20 NOS Louisville   40 mm grenade   United States
Mk 47 Striker General Dynamics   40 mm grenade   United States 2000s
PAK-40 AGL Daudsons 40 mm grenade   Pakistan 2022
QLZ-04 grenade launcher Norinco
 
 35 mm grenade   China 2000s
QLU-11 / LG5 Norinco 35 mm grenade   China 2010s
RDS40-AGL [10] Repkon Defence 40 mm grenade   Turkey 2022
SB LAG 40 Santa Bárbara Sistemas   40 mm grenade   Spain 1984
Squad Support Automatic Grenade Launcher(LG-02) CJAIE (China Jing An Import & Export Corp.)   40 mm grenade   China
STK 40 AGL or SPG-3 ST Kinetics or Pindad under licence   40 mm grenade   Singapore or   Indonesia 1991
Type 87 grenade launcher Norinco   35 mm grenade   China 1980s
UAG-40   40 mm grenade   Ukraine
Vektor Y3 AGL Denel   40 mm grenade   South Africa 1992
XM174 grenade launcher Aerojet Ordnance Manufacturing Company   40 mm grenade   United States 1968
XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon General Dynamics Armament
Technical Products 		  25 mm grenade   United States

Semi-Automatic edit

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
DP-64 Degtyaryov Plant   45 mm   Russia 1989
Hawk MM-1 Hawk Engineering Co. 40 mm grenade   United States 1970
Milkor MGL Milkor (Pty) Ltd   40 mm grenade   South Africa 1980
Neopup PAW-20 Gemaco Elbree PTY LTD   20×42mm   South Africa 1999
RDS40-MGL [11] Repkon Defence 40 mm grenade   Turkey 2023
RG-6 grenade launcher[12][13] TsKIB SOO   40 mm grenade   Russia 1993
RGA-86 Military University of Technology 26.7 mm   Poland 1986
RGP-40 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów   40 mm grenade   Poland 2017
SSW 40

"Squad Support Weapon 40"

Rheinmetall 40 mm grenade   Germany 2022 [14]

Dual-use weapons edit

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
QTS-11 20mm grenade   China 2011
S&T Daewoo K11 S&T Motiv   20×30mm grenade   South Korea 2000
Scicon IW SD Scicon Ltd[15] 10 mm grenade   United Kingdom 1984
XM25 CDTE Heckler & Koch
Alliant Techsystems 		  25 mm grenade   United States 2010
XM29 OICW Heckler & Koch
Alliant Techsystems 		  20 mm grenade   United States
  Germany 		1996

Rocket propelled grenades edit

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
Bazooka     United States 1942
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle Saab Bofors Dynamics   84×246mmR   Sweden 1946
MRO-A State Research
Bazalt 		  72.5mm warhead   Russia 2003
Navy 8 cm Rocket Launcher / 八糎噴進砲 [16] 80mm   Japan 1944
Northover Projector   63.5mm warhead   United Kingdom 1940
Panzerfaust   149mm warhead   Germany 1942
PIAT Imperial Chemical Industries     United Kingdom 1942
Rifleman's Assault Weapon Brunswick Corporation 100mm warhead   United States 1977
RPG-2 State Factories   80mm warhead   Soviet Union 1949
RPG-7 Bazalt
Degtyarev plant 		  40mm warhead   Soviet Union 1961
RPG-16 58.3mm warhead   Soviet Union 1968
RPG-18   64mm warhead   Soviet Union 1972
RPG-22   72.5mm warhead   Soviet Union 1985
RPG-26 State Research
Bazalt 		  72.5mm warhead   Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-27 State Research
Bazalt 		  105mm warhead   Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-28 State Research
Bazalt 		  125mm warhead   Russia 2000s
RPG-29 Bazalt   65mm warhead
105mm warhead 		  Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-30 State Research
Bazalt 		  105mm warhead   Russia 2008
RPG-32 JARDANA 72mm warhead
105mm warhead 		  Russia 2005
RPG-76 Komar Zakład Sprzętu Precyzyjnego   40mm warhead   Poland 1985
RPO-A Shmel KBP Instrument Design Bureau   93mm warhead   Soviet Union 1980s
Sturmpistole Walther   26-61mm warheads   Germany 1942
Type 4   72x359mm   Japan 1944
Type 5 45mm recoilless rifle   45mm (80mm warhead)   Japan 1944
Type 69 RPG China North Industries Corporation   40mm warhead   China 1970
Yasin (RPG) Hamas 40mm warhead   Palestine 2004

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Small Arms Illustrated, 2010
  2. ^ "Eurosatory: Steyr ujawnia GL 40" [Eurosatory: Steyr reveals GL 40]. Agencja Lotnicza Altair (in Polish). 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Kanarr Corporation v. the United States, 413 F.2d 1143 (Ct. Cl. 1969)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. ^ Trevithick, Joseph (2017-04-10). "Meet RAMBO, the U.S. Army's 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher". The Drive. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  5. ^ "Гранатомет РГМ-40 "Кастет" - Военный портал". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  6. ^ Defensa.com (2024-01-30). "Shorty 40, un lanzagranadas monotiro compacto de altas prestaciones - Noticias Defensa defensa.com noticias industria defensa". Defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ^ "QLG-91 Underbarrel Grenade Launcher | MilitaryToday.com". www.militarytoday.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  8. ^ "6S19 grenade launcher enters serial production | Shephard". www.shephardmedia.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  9. ^ "Automatic grenade launcher KBA-117 – ООО "КБ МИА"". Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  10. ^ "REPKON DEFENCE introduces a new 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher". Defense Here. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  11. ^ "Armed Forces of Ukraine use Turkish RDS40 multiple grenade launcher | Ukraine - Russia conflict war 2022 | analysis focus army defence military industry army". www.armyrecognition.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  12. ^ "Ошибка 404". Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  13. ^ RG-6 at the manufacturer's website Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Helfrich, Emma (2022-06-17). "New Automatic Grenade Launcher Is Designed Like An Assault Rifle". The Drive. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  15. ^ Firefight!: The History of Personal Firepower - Peter Newark, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1989, Infantryman of the future Page 182, ISBN 0715391763
  16. ^ https://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ-200E-0344-0416%20Report%200-19.pdf

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