This article lists all forms of grenade launchers around the world, that is to say weapons that launch grenades with more accuracy, a higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could.[1]

Below is the list of grenade launchers.

Single grenade launcher

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year Note
AG-C Steyr Arms 40 mm grenade  Austria
ARDE 40 mm UBGL Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli 40 mm grenade  India 2010
BS-1 Tishina TsNIITochMash 30×29mm grenade  Soviet Union 1970
China Lake Grenade Launcher China Lake Naval Weapons Center 40 mm grenade  United States 1967
EAGLE grenade launcher Colt Canada 40 mm grenade  Canada
GL06 Brügger & Thomet 40 mm grenade  Switzerland 2006
GL 40 Steyr Arms 40 mm grenade  Austria Circa 2012.[2]
GLX 160 Beretta S.p.A. 40 mm grenade  Italy
GM-94 KBP Instrument Design Bureau 43 mm grenade  Russia 1990s
GP-25 KBP Instrument Design Bureau

40 mm grenade  Soviet Union 1966
GP-30
GP-34 		KBP Instrument Design Bureau
40 mm grenade  Soviet Union 1989
HK AG36 Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  Germany 2002 Grenade launcher for the HK G36
HK AG-C/EGLM Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  Germany Used with the Diemaco C7 and C8 in the Netherlands Army, with the SA80 in the British Army
HK69A1 Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  West Germany 1960s Grenade launcher usable on its own or with the H&K G3
HK269 Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  Germany Grenade launcher for the HK 416 and the HK 417
Shorty 40 LMT (Lewis Machine & Tool Company) 40 mm grenade  United States 2024 [3]
M79 grenade launcher Springfield Armory
Action Manufacturing Company
Kanarr Corporation[4]
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge 		40 mm grenade  United States 1953
M129 grenade launcher 40 mm grenade  United States 1966
M203 grenade launcher Colt's Manufacturing Company
40 mm grenade  United States 1967
M203XX RAMBO (Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance) ARDEC / Picatinny arsenal 40 mm grenade  United States Prototype by the US Army [5]
M320 Grenade Launcher Module Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  Germany 2008 Replaces the M203 in the US Army
MAHG K 218 — — — 18th century
Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper Milkor (Pty) Ltd 37 mm flare
38 mm grenade
40 mm grenade (All less-lethal rounds) 		 South Africa 1981
Northover Projector — 2.5 inch  United Kingdom 1940
Pallad wz. 1974 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów 40 mm grenade  Poland 1968
Pallad wz. 1983 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów 40 mm grenade  Poland 1968
Pindad SPG-1 Pindad
40 mm grenade  Indonesia 2005(?)
RGM-40 V.N. Teles 40 mm grenade  Russia 1997[6] Stand-alone version of the GP-30
RGS-50M Degtyaryov Plant 50mm grenade  Soviet Union 1990s
RWGŁ-3 Łucznik Arms Factory UGŁ-200 canister  Poland 1970s
SIG GL 5040 Swiss Arms 40 mm grenade  Switzerland 1997 Usable with the Sig 550 family
Type 91 grenade launcher NORINCO

(China North Industries Corporation)

35 mm grenade (Non-lethal round)  China 1991 Usable on Type 56, Type 81 and QBZ-95 Chinese rifles [7]
UBGL-1 Arsenal JSCo. 40 mm caseless grenade  Bulgaria
VB rifle grenade Viven-Bessières (VB) —  France —
Verrou Mortier 2.5 pouces — 2.5 inches  France 16th century or 17th century Brass grenade launcher with a trigger lock
XM148 grenade launcher Colt's Manufacturing Company

40 mm grenade  United States 1964

Multiple-grenades launcher

Automatic

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
6S19 Pribor Research and Production Association 40 mm caseless grenade  Russia 2022 [8]
AGS-17 Molot plant 30×29mm grenade  Soviet Union 1967
AGS-30 Degtyarev plant 30×29mm grenade  Russia 1995
AGS-40 Balkan Tecmash Research and Production Association 40 mm caseless grenade  Russia 2017
Daewoo Precision Industries K4 S&T Motiv 40 mm grenade  South Korea 1985
Howa Type 96 Howa 40 mm grenade  Japan 1996
Heckler & Koch GMG Heckler & Koch 40 mm grenade  Germany 1992
Indumil IMC-40 INDUMIL 40 mm grenade  Colombia
KBA-117 kbmia 40 mm grenade  Ukraine [9]
M75 grenade launcher Springfield Armory 40 mm grenade  United States 1961
Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher Honeywell Corporation and Aeronautical Products Division 40 mm grenade  United States 1962
Mk 19 Saco Defense Industries
Combined Service Forces 		40 mm grenade  United States 1960s
Mk 20 NOS Louisville 40 mm grenade  United States
Mk 47 Striker General Dynamics 40 mm grenade  United States 2000s
PAK-40 AGL Daudsons 40 mm grenade  Pakistan 2022
RDS40-AGL [10] Repkon Defence 40 mm grenade  Turkey 2022
SB LAG 40 Santa Bárbara Sistemas 40 mm grenade  Spain 1984
Squad Support Automatic Grenade Launcher CJAIE (China Jing An Import & Export Corp.) 40 mm grenade  China
STK 40 AGL or SPG-3 ST Kinetics or Pindad under licence 40 mm grenade  Singapore or  Indonesia 1991
Type 87 grenade launcher Norinco 35 mm grenade  China 1980s
UAG-40 40 mm grenade  Ukraine
Vektor Y3 AGL Denel 40 mm grenade  South Africa 1992
XM174 grenade launcher Aerojet Ordnance Manufacturing Company 40 mm grenade  United States 1968
XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon General Dynamics Armament
Technical Products 		25 mm grenade  United States

Semi-Automatic

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
Hawk MM-1 Hawk Engineering Co. 40 mm grenade  United States 1970
Milkor MGL Milkor (Pty) Ltd 40 mm grenade  South Africa 1980
Neopup PAW-20 Gemaco Elbree PTY LTD 20×42mm  South Africa 1999
RDS40-MGL [11] Repkon Defence 40 mm grenade  Turkey 2023
RG-6 grenade launcher[12][13] TsKIB SOO 40 mm grenade  Russia 1993
SSW 40

"Squad Support Weapon 40"

Rheinmetall 40 mm grenade  Germany 2022 [14]

Dual-use weapons

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
S&T Daewoo K11 S&T Motiv 20×30mm grenade  South Korea 2000
XM25 CDTE Heckler & Koch
Alliant Techsystems 		25 mm grenade  United States 2010
XM29 OICW Heckler & Koch
Alliant Techsystems 		20 mm grenade  United States
 Germany 		1996

Rocket propelled grenades

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
Bazooka  United States 1942
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle Saab Bofors Dynamics 84×246mmR  Sweden 1946
MRO-A State Research
Bazalt 		72.5mm warhead  Russia 2003
Navy 8cm Rocket Launcher / 八糎噴進砲 [15] 80mm  Japan 1944
Northover Projector 63.5mm warhead  United Kingdom 1940
Panzerfaust 149mm warhead  Germany 1942
PIAT Imperial Chemical Industries  United Kingdom 1942
Rifleman's Assault Weapon Brunswick Corporation 100mm warhead  United States 1977
RPG-2 State Factories 80mm warhead  Soviet Union 1949
RPG-7 Bazalt
Degtyarev plant 		40mm warhead  Soviet Union 1961
RPG-16 58.3mm warhead  Soviet Union 1968
RPG-18 64mm warhead  Soviet Union 1972
RPG-22 72.5mm warhead  Soviet Union 1985
RPG-26 State Research
Bazalt 		72.5mm warhead  Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-27 State Research
Bazalt 		105mm warhead  Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-28 State Research
Bazalt 		125mm warhead  Russia 2000s
RPG-29 Bazalt 65mm warhead
105mm warhead 		 Soviet Union 1980s
RPG-30 State Research
Bazalt 		105mm warhead  Russia 2008
RPG-32 JARDANA 72mm warhead
105mm warhead 		 Russia 2005
RPG-76 Komar Zakład Sprzętu Precyzyjnego 40mm warhead  Poland 1985
RPO-A Shmel KBP Instrument Design Bureau 93mm warhead  Soviet Union 1980s
Sturmpistole Walther 26-61mm warheads  Germany 1942
Type 4 72x359mm  Japan 1944
Type 5 45mm recoilless rifle 45mm (80mm warhead)  Japan 1944
Type 69 RPG China North Industries Corporation 40mm warhead  China 1970
Yasin (RPG) Hamas 40mm warhead  Palestine 2004

See also

References

  1. ^ Small Arms Illustrated, 2010
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  3. ^ Defensa.com (2024-01-30). "Shorty 40, un lanzagranadas monotiro compacto de altas prestaciones - Noticias Defensa defensa.com noticias industria defensa". Defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ^ "Kanarr Corporation v. the United States, 413 F.2d 1143 (Ct. Cl. 1969)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  5. ^ Trevithick, Joseph (2017-04-10). "Meet RAMBO, the U.S. Army's 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher". The Drive. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  6. ^ "Гранатомет РГМ-40 "Кастет" - Военный портал". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  7. ^ "QLG-91 Underbarrel Grenade Launcher | MilitaryToday.com". www.militarytoday.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  8. ^ "6S19 grenade launcher enters serial production | Shephard". www.shephardmedia.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  9. ^ "Automatic grenade launcher KBA-117 – ООО «КБ МИА»". Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  10. ^ "REPKON DEFENCE introduces a new 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher". Defense Here. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  11. ^ "Armed Forces of Ukraine use Turkish RDS40 multiple grenade launcher | Ukraine - Russia conflict war 2022 | analysis focus army defence military industry army". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  12. ^ "Ошибка 404". Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  13. ^ RG-6 at the manufacturer's website Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Helfrich, Emma (2022-06-17). "New Automatic Grenade Launcher Is Designed Like An Assault Rifle". The Drive. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  15. ^ https://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ-200E-0344-0416%20Report%200-19.pdf
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