After all, the object is to separate the sheep from the wolves, not de-populate the area.Ī revolver grenade launcher fitted with a Fuse setter interface may have a performance similar to the OICW. There's also a tear gas round for the weapon. They were good for Recon-by-Fire too, and more than one RPG artist got sent to the promised land by a 40mm. Each tank carried one, and when stuck out in the hills alone, we used to fire close-in H&I with the ∻loop Tube. Having a M79 on each vehicle has other advantages since it can be used to fire LLW rounds in the event of a civil disturbance.Īnother auxiliary weapon which quickly became indispensable was the M79 and its variants. The 40mm Thermobaric round may prove to be particularly effective for this purpose. At the moment (Feb 2005) I have found no information if this has been tried operationally. Idea is that 40mm grenades are fired at anything suspected of being a command detonated mine or booby trap, detonating it before the vehicle needs to get within a few hundred metres. Marines test 'blooper' against roadside bomb threat
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