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Rifle grenade

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A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade was thrown by hand. [1]

74 relations: AC58, APAV40, AR-15 style rifle, Assault rifle, Battle of Port Arthur, Beeswax, Blank (cartridge), BT/AT 52, Carcano, Combined arms, Composition B, Dilagrama m/65, ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade, FN Herstal, Gas check, Grenade, Grenade launcher, Grenadier, Hales rifle grenade, Hand mortar, High-explosive anti-tank warhead, High-explosive squash head, Israel Military Industries, Kalashnikov grenade launcher, Kbkg wz. 1960, M1 grenade adapter, M16 rifle, M17 rifle grenade, M1903 Springfield, M203 grenade launcher, M31 HEAT rifle grenade, M7 grenade launcher, M72 LAW, M79 grenade launcher, M9 rifle grenade, Mills bomb, Mk 2 grenade, Muzzle flash, NATO, Nazi Germany, No. 2 grenade, No. 68 AT Grenade, Non-lethal weapon, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, Pentolite, Picric acid, Propaganda, RDX, RGD-5, Rifle, ..., Rifleman's Assault Weapon, Riot shotgun, Rocket launcher, Russo-Japanese War, Schiessbecher, Shoulder-fired missile, SIMON breach grenade, Special Naval Landing Forces, Standardization Agreement, STRIM 40, STRIM 65, TNT, Trench warfare, Type 06 rifle grenade, Type 100 grenade discharger, Type 2 rifle grenade launcher, Type 38 rifle, Type 89 grenade discharger, Type 91 grenade, Type 99 grenade, Type 99 rifle, VB rifle grenade, World War I, 22 mm grenade. Expand index (24 more) »

AC58

The AC 58 (Anti-Char, 58 mm) is an anti-armour rifle grenade used by the French Army.

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APAV40

The APAV 40 ("Anti-Personnel/Anti-Véhicule, 40mm") is a 40 mm anti-personnel rifle grenade used by the French Army.

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AR-15 style rifle

An AR-15 style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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Battle of Port Arthur

The of Monday 8 February – Tuesday 9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War.

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Beeswax

Beeswax (cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis.

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Blank (cartridge)

A blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot.

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BT/AT 52

The BT/AT 52 is a rifle grenade manufactured by Israeli Military Industries.

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Carcano

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating military rifles and carbines.

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Combined arms

Combined arms is an approach to warfare which seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects (for example, using infantry and armor in an urban environment, where one supports the other, or both support each other).

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Composition B

Composition B, colloquially "Comp B", is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT.

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Dilagrama m/65

The Dilagrama m/65 (Portuguese for acronym: Dispositivo de lançamento de granadas de mão - modelo de 1965; English translation: "Device for Launching Handgrenades - Model of 1965") is a device employed by the Portuguese Army that fits G3 Automatic Rifles allowing them to launch defensive Type m/63 hand grenades further than they can be thrown by hand.

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ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade

The Energa anti-tank rifle grenade is a rifle-launched anti-tank grenade that is propelled by a ballistite-filled blank cartridge.

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FN Herstal

Fabrique Nationale Herstal (French for: National Factory Herstal), self-identified as FN Herstal and often referred to as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a leading firearms manufacturer located in Herstal, Belgium, and is owned by the holding company Herstal Group which is owned by the regional government of Wallonia.

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Gas check

A gas check is a gasket type component of firearms ammunition.

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Grenade

A grenade is a small weapon typically thrown by hand.

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Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially-designed large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke or gas warhead.

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Grenadier

A grenadier (derived from the word grenade) was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations.

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Hales rifle grenade

The Hales rifle grenade is the name for several rifle grenades used by British forces during World War I. All of these are based on the No.

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Hand mortar

The hand mortar is a firearm that was used in the late 17th century and 18th century to throw fused grenades.

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High-explosive anti-tank warhead

A high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead is a type of shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate thick tank armor.

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High-explosive squash head

High-explosive squash head (HESH) is a type of explosive ammunition that is effective against tank armour and is also useful against buildings.

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Israel Military Industries

IMI Systems, formerly Israel Military Industries, also referred to as Ta'as (תע"ש מערכות,התעשייה הצבאית), is an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

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Kalashnikov grenade launcher

All AK-47 type rifles can mount a cup-type grenade-launcher that fires standard RGD-5 Soviet hand-grenades.

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Kbkg wz. 1960

The Karabinek-granatnik wzór 1960, also designated PMK-DGN-60 or PMK-60, is a Polish-made version of the AK-47 assault rifle that can fire rifle grenades.

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M1 grenade adapter

The M1 grenade projection adapter was an expedient rifle grenade used by the American military in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

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M16 rifle

The M16 rifle, officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is a United States military adaptation of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle.Kern, Danford Allan (2006).. m-14parts.com. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE, Military History. Fort Leavenworth, KansasKokalis, Peter G.. Nodakspud.com The original M16 was a selective fire 5.56mm rifle with a 20-round magazine. In 1964, the M16 entered U.S. military service and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War. In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the U.S. military's standard service rifle.Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983). Small Arms of the World. New York: Stackpole Books. pp. 46–47..Urdang, p. 801. The M16A1 improvements include a bolt-assist, chrome plated bore and a new 30-round magazine. In 1983, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the M16A2 rifle and the U.S. Army adopted it in 1986. The M16A2 fires the improved 5.56×45mm NATO (M855/SS109) cartridge and has a new adjustable rear sight, case deflector, heavy barrel, improved handguard, pistol grip and buttstock, as well as a semi-auto and three-round burst only fire selector. Adopted in 1998, the M16A4 is the fourth generation of the M16 series.Weapons of the Modern Marines, by Michael Green, MBI Publishing Company, 2004, page 16 It is equipped with a removable carrying handle and Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. The M16 has also been widely adopted by other militaries around the world. Total worldwide production of M16s has been approximately 8 million, making it the most-produced firearm of its 5.56 mm caliber. The U.S. Military has largely replaced the M16 in combat units with a shorter and lighter version named the M4 carbine.

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M17 rifle grenade

The M17 (also known as the T2 grenadehttp://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/americas/unitedstates/m17.html) is a rifle grenade used by the United States during World War II.

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M1903 Springfield

The M1903 Springfield, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber.30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.

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M203 grenade launcher

The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle.

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M31 HEAT rifle grenade

The M31 HEAT is a fin-stabilized anti-tank rifle grenade designed in the late 1950s to replace the Belgian ENERGA rifle grenade which was adopted by the US Army and US Marines as an emergency stop-gap measure during the Korean War.

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M7 grenade launcher

The M7 grenade launcher, formally rifle grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War.

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M72 LAW

The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW as well as LAWS Light Anti-Armor Weapons System) is a portable one-shot 66-mm unguided anti-tank weapon.

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M79 grenade launcher

The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War.

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M9 rifle grenade

The M9 rifle grenade was a U S anti-tank rifle grenade used during World War II.

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Mills bomb

Mills bomb is the popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades.

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Mk 2 grenade

The Mk 2 grenade (initially known as the Mk II) is a fragmentation type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the U.S. armed forces in 1918.

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Muzzle flash

Muzzle flash is the visible light of a muzzle blast, which expels high-temperature, high-pressure gases from the muzzle of a firearm.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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No. 2 grenade

The No.

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No. 68 AT Grenade

The Grenade, Rifle No.

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Non-lethal weapon

Non-lethal weapons, also called less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms.

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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, PENTA, TEN, corpent, or penthrite (or—rarely and primarily in German—as nitropenta), is an explosive material.

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Pentolite

Pentolite is a composite high explosive used for military and civilian purposes, e.g., warheads and booster charges.

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Picric acid

Picric acid is an organic compound with the formula (O2N)3C6H2OH.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.

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RDX

RDX is the organic compound with the formula (O2NNCH2)3.

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RGD-5

The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, English "Hand Grenade Remote"), is a post-World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.

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Rifle

A rifle is a portable long-barrelled firearm designed for precision shooting, to be held with both hands and braced against the shoulder for stability during firing, and with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the bore walls.

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Rifleman's Assault Weapon

The Rifleman's Assault Weapon (also called RAW) was a close-support rocket-propelled grenade developed around 1977 and put into limited service by the United States Marine Corps in the 1990s.

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Riot shotgun

A riot shotgun is a shotgun designed or modified for use as a primarily defensive weapon, by the use of a short barrel and a larger magazine capacity than shotguns marketed for hunting.

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Rocket launcher

A rocket launcher is any device that launches a rocket-propelled projectile, although the term is often used in reference to mechanisms that are portable and capable of being operated by an individual.

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo–Japanese War (Russko-yaponskaya voina; Nichirosensō; 1904–05) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

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Schiessbecher

The Schiessbecher (German spelling: Schießbecher - literally "shooting cup") grenade launcher or Gewehrgranatengerät (literally "rifle grenade device") was used by German forces in World War II.

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Shoulder-fired missile

A shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile is an explosive-carrying, self-propelled projectile fired at a target, while being small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.

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SIMON breach grenade

The SIMON is an Israeli bullet-trap rifle grenade designed to breach through doors, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

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Special Naval Landing Forces

The Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), (海軍特別陸戦隊 Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai) were the marine troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were a part of the IJN Land Forces.

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Standardization Agreement

In NATO a STANdardization AGreement (STANAG) defines processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance.

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STRIM 40

The STRIM 40 is an anti-personnel rifle grenade of French design and manufacture.

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STRIM 65

The STRIM 65 is an anti-tank rifle grenade that the French Army used from 1961 to 1978, under the designation 65 AC 28.

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TNT

Trinitrotoluene (TNT), or more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.

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Trench warfare

Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.

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Type 06 rifle grenade

The is a rifle grenade used by the JGSDF.

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Type 100 grenade discharger

The Type 100 grenade discharger was introduced in 1939 as a grenade launcher for the Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka Rifles.

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Type 2 rifle grenade launcher

The Type 2 rifle grenade launcher was an attachment for the Japanese Type 38 and Type 99 rifles that allowed them to fire special hollow charge grenades.

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Type 38 rifle

The was a bolt-action rifle that supplemented the Type 99 Japanese standard infantry rifle during the Second World War.

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Type 89 grenade discharger

The, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II.

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Type 91 grenade

The was an improved version of the Type 10 fragmentation hand grenade/rifle grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Type 99 grenade

The, also known as Kiska grenade by the American Army was an improved version of the Type 97 fragmentation hand grenade used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during World War II.

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Type 99 rifle

The was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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VB rifle grenade

The Viven-Bessières rifle grenade, named after its inventorsDictionnaire de la Grande Guerre 1914-1918, F. Cochet & R. Porte (dir.), pages 1062-1063.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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22 mm grenade

The 22mm rifle grenade is inserted over the firing mechanism on the front of rifles that are equipped with the appropriate spigot-type launcher, either in the form of an integral flash suppressor or a detachable adapter.

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Grenade rifle, Rifle Grenade, Rifle-grenade, Rifle-mounted Grenade Launcher.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_grenade

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