XM174 grenade launcher - Wikipedia
WEBThe XM174 is a mounted automatic 40 mm grenade launcher heavily based on the M1919A4 machine gun and the M79 grenade launcher, but fed from an ammo can. [1] It was used in the Vietnam War as a tripod mounted crew-served weapon and as a weapon mounted on various vehicles and aircraft.
Meet the XM174 Grenade Launcher (It Was Too Fragile for War)
WEBMay 31, 2019 · In September 1963, the Army asked industry to submit designs for a low-velocity 40-millimeter automatic grenade launcher. The new launcher had to weight less than 12 pounds — half the weight of...
The XM-174: The Army's Handheld, Automatic Grenade Launcher
WEBMar 16, 2015 · In 1964, American advisers in Vietnam asked the Army for a rapid-firing grenade launcher to help beat back communist insurgents. Two years later, Army evaluators settled on the XM-174 — one of four different designs — as a possible basic infantry weapon.
Aerojet XM174 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher Prototype - Military Factory
WEBMay 12, 2021 · The XM174 was an experimental 40mm automatic grenade launcher born from the fighting during the Vietnam War. The design emerged in 1968 from the Aerojet Ordnance Manufacturing Company and attempted to mate the form and function of the Browning M1919A4 air-cooled .30 caliber machine …
Aerojet XM174 | Gun Wiki - Fandom
WEBThe XM174 is a lightweight automatic grenade launcher which has the capability to fire from the hip. The weapon is heavily based on the M1919A4 Browning machine gun and uses recoil operation to feed its rounds.
XM174 Grenade Launcher In the early 1960s... - Historical Firearms
WEBXM174 Grenade Launcher. In the early 1960s American advisers in Vietnam requested an automatic grenade launcher which could act as a force multiplier. The US Army responded in September 1963, by calling on private industry to submit designs for a low velocity 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
Mk 19 grenade launcher - Wikipedia
WEBThe Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon that is designed not to cook off. It fires 40 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 325 to 375 rounds per minute, giving a practical rate of fire of 60 rounds per minute (rapid) and 40 rounds per minute (sustained).
AGS-17 - Wikipedia
WEBThe AGS-17 Plamya[8] (Russian: Пламя; Flame) is a Soviet -designed automatic grenade launcher in service worldwide. Description. The AGS-17 is a heavy infantry support weapon designed to operate from a tripod or mounted on an installation or vehicle.
The XM-174: The Army's Handheld, Automatic Grenade Launcher
WEBMar 16, 2015 · Another grenade launcher was on its way. While the Army fiddled with the XM-174, the U.S. Navy developed the vehicle- and tripod-mounted Mk 19. It chucked the faster-flying 40-millimeter grenades, and was already proving its worth in Southeast Asia.
XM174 grenade launcher - Military Wiki
WEBThe XM174 is a mounted automatic 40mm grenade launcher heavily based on the M1919A4 machine gun and the M79 grenade launcher but fed from an ammo can. It was used in the Vietnam War as a tripod mounted crew-served weapon and as a weapon mounted on various vehicles and aircraft.
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