How does a grenade launcher work? - All about grenades Part 2
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Published 2022-07-19
In this video, we made a 3D animation about the generation process and operation of a 40mm grenade.
The structure and operation of the 40mm grenade,
Japanese knee mortars,
Soviet RPG-2,
M79 grenade launcher,
And so on.
Thank you for watching this video.
#military #grenade #grenadelauncher #40mm #rpg2 #m79 #mscope
All Comments (21)
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(7min mark) the way the 40mm has a safety mechanism with the bearing acting as a detonator block is the coolest thing ever. Whoever invented that is a pretty smart guy.
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In Vietnam I carried an M79 grenade launcher and also carried an side arm, 45 cal 1911 pistol for close-in protection.
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Awesome. Ideal for home defence.
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wow, the 40mm is low key a feat of engineering.
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Knee mortars were never fired by resting on your leg, unless you wanted a broken bone. It was designed to rest on ground or a large branch
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I am an Infantrymen. I carried a m-203. Perfect Weapon for several different applications. Anti-Personal/ Anti-Material. Several different type of round were used. There was a HE, AP ( would go thru a door or a hood of a 6×6) Lightly skinned Vehicle, and APers (Anti Personal).There was a Shot round. It was like a shotgun shell full of .30 Caliber shot, and then there was the Flechette round. It kicked like an 8 Guage shotgun.
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Its amazing how simple an RPG launcher really is. All the cool stuff is in the grenade itself.
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Grenade launchers are my favorite support weapons. Something about the arc trajectory of the projectile makes sense to me, and even at extended ranges, I have no problems getting a shot in thru a window or door. If you really think about it, the magic is in the ammo itself.
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Not sure when it came about but the "defence" problem mentioned at the end of the video forgot to mention that they made 40mm buckshot rounds. It basically makes a grenade launcher into a blunderbuss. And while I already knew about it this explains to everyone why EA made it so the grenade launchers in battlefield don't go off when you shoot an enemy with it at point blank range.
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I'm really enjoying your videos so much Mscope. I keep coming to watch some of your videos. Please keep up the good work. I can't believe your channel with such informative, no over the top editing, to the point yet so easy to understand is so underrated! Btw, that 'Rotational-arming system' is so clever.
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The centrifugal fuse to arm the explosive in the 40mm was genius
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Thank you for the explanation of High-Low! I remember reading about it when I was in middle school and just never being able to visualize how it actually looked inside a 40mm casing or how it actually worked. Still never really grasped it until now.
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The illustration of the knee mortar is hilarious good luck with that broken femur
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Thank you for covering the high-low. Most have no idea it's not like a bullet. Close but not the same.
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I used a M203 when I was in the army in 1982. Beautiful weapon. Kinda weighty especially carrying the grenade and the M16 rounds though.
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This channel's videos should be used for military courses
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Actually the Russian RPG is a 40mm grenade, since the inside of the tube is 40mms, whereas many widely different warheads that sit outside of the barrel can range from 40mm Anti-personnel shrapnel rounds or 90mm enlarged armor penetrating warheads.
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In my college years in my rotc class wat back,they taught us about this launcher.we also got a chance to fire it. There was an incident that the grenade didnt launch.our instructors told us to carefully remove the ballistics and drop it slowly in the ground and leave the perimeter. 3 to 5 mins later,it went off! No one got hurt.but nowadays assault rifle mounted grenade launchers dont have to worry about this misfire.just click again to fire..👍👍👍❤❤❤
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Thanks for this series, its fascinating and informative.
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Great explanation and excellent graphics :)
