The weapon fires 40mm grenades and loads like a shotgun. We fired dummy rounds. The live rounds are high explosive and have a kill radius of 5 meters so you don't have to make a direct hit to be effective.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Firing the M203 Grenade Launcher
The weapon fires 40mm grenades and loads like a shotgun. We fired dummy rounds. The live rounds are high explosive and have a kill radius of 5 meters so you don't have to make a direct hit to be effective.
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