Название: US Grenade Launchers: M79, M203, and M320
Автор: Gordon L. Rottman
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Weapon 57
ISBN: 9781472819529
Год издания: 2017
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 15 MB

In an effort to provide the US infantryman with more firepower to cover the range gap between the hand grenade and the light mortar, the 40mm M79 grenade launcher - a shoulder-fired, single-shot weapon - entered service with US forces in 1961.