M79 grenade launcher

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/M79_grenade_launcher

GPTKB entity

Properties (122)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	grenade launcher
gptkbp:action	break-action
gptkbp:armament	high-explosive grenade anti-personnel grenade illumination grenade smoke grenade CS gas grenade
gptkbp:barrelLength	14 inches
gptkbp:caliber	40 mm
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designedBy	gptkb:United_States_Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	M79 grenade launcher
gptkbp:length	1,000 mm 39.4 inches
gptkbp:maxRange	1,500 meters
gptkbp:notable_player	manual
gptkbp:notableUsers	gptkb:Chilean_military gptkb:Nicaraguan_military gptkb:Comorian_military gptkb:Sao_Tomean_military gptkb:Suriname_military gptkb:Jamaican_military gptkb:Libyan_military gptkb:Australian_forces gptkb:Sudanese_military gptkb:Cuban_military gptkb:Bolivian_military gptkb:Eswatini_military gptkb:Cayman_Islands_military gptkb:Iraqi_military gptkb:Israeli_Defense_Forces gptkb:Bahraini_military gptkb:Guyana_military gptkb:Jordanian_military gptkb:Moroccan_military gptkb:Somali_military gptkb:Dominican_military gptkb:Tunisian_military gptkb:Malian_military gptkb:Djiboutian_military gptkb:Nigerian_military gptkb:Kuwaiti_military gptkb:Omani_military gptkb:Cape_Verdean_military gptkb:Argentine_military gptkb:Grenada_military gptkb:Cameroonian_military gptkb:New_Zealand_forces gptkb:South_Korean_forces gptkb:South_Vietnamese_forces gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda_military gptkb:Chadian_military gptkb:Colombian_military gptkb:Dominica_military gptkb:Congolese_military gptkb:Gabonese_military gptkb:Guyanese_military gptkb:Panamanian_military gptkb:Brazilian_military gptkb:Emirati_military gptkb:Algerian_military gptkb:Syrian_military gptkb:Central_African_military gptkb:Zambian_military gptkb:Ecuadorian_military gptkb:Namibian_military gptkb:Surinamese_military gptkb:Curacao_military gptkb:Peruvian_military gptkb:Malawian_military gptkb:Rwandan_military gptkb:Trinidadian_military gptkb:Costa_Rican_military gptkb:Haitian_military gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_military gptkb:Saudi_Arabian_military gptkb:Burundian_military gptkb:Uruguayan_military gptkb:Barbadian_military gptkb:Nigerien_military gptkb:Zimbabwean_military gptkb:Egyptian_military gptkb:Venezuelan_military gptkb:Qatari_military gptkb:Tanzanian_military gptkb:Mauritian_military gptkb:Paraguayan_military gptkb:Botswanan_military gptkb:Afghan_military gptkb:Puerto_Rican_military gptkb:Lesotho_military gptkb:Angolan_military Bermuda military Bonaire military Seychellois military Philippine_forces Thai_forces Yemeni_military Anguilla_military Aruba_military British_Virgin_Islands_military French_Guiana_military Montserrat_military Saba_military Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_military Saint_Lucia_military Saint_Martin_military Sint_Eustatius_military Sint_Maarten_military Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_military
gptkbp:operationalRange	350 meters
gptkbp:primaryUser	gptkb:Vietnam_War_forces
gptkbp:producedBy	various manufacturers
gptkbp:rateOfFire	5 to 6 rounds per minute
gptkbp:replacedBy	M203 grenade launcher
gptkbp:services	single-shot
gptkbp:sights	iron sights
gptkbp:successor	M203 grenade launcher
gptkbp:type	shoulder-fired weapon
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:United_States_military
gptkbp:weight	1.6 kg
gptkbp:yearEstablished	1961