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The China Lake Model (or China Lake pump-action grenade launcher) is a pump-action grenade launcher that was developed by the Special Projects Division of the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), which provided equipment to United States Navy SEALs.
The M79 and XM148 grenade launchers were single-shot, and the repeating T148E1 grenade launcher was unreliable, so a request was made to China Lake engineers. Navy SEAL teams were pleased with the resultant pump-action grenade launcher, since the tubular magazine held three 40x46mm grenades, and so with one grenade in the chamber, four grenades could be fired rapidly before reloading. In fact, a skilled operator could fire four aimed shots before the first one landed. The grenade launcher was extremely light for its size, since a significant portion of it was made of aluminum.
Submitted for field trials in Vietnam, this weapon apparently performed quite well with HE-Frag ammunition.The pump-action grenade launcher features leaf iron sights similar to the M79. The front sight is a fixed square notch. Depending on if the leaf is folded or not, the rear square notch is either fixed or adjustable from 75 to 400 m in 25 m increments.
The larger screw on the left side of the receiver was designed originally for a quadrant sight to be mounted.Though meant for SEAL teams, a handful were used by Marine Force Recon and Army 5th Special Forces Group
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CHINA LAKE GRENADE LAUNCHER
The M79 and XM148 grenade launchers were single-shot, and the repeating T148E1 grenade launcher was unreliable, so a request was made to China Lake engineers. Navy SEAL teams were pleased with the resultant pump-action grenade launcher, since the tubular magazine held three 40x46mm grenades, and so with one grenade in the chamber, four grenades could be fired rapidly before reloading. In fact, a skilled operator could fire four aimed shots before the first one landed. The grenade launcher was extremely light for its size, since a significant portion of it was made of aluminum.
Submitted for field trials in Vietnam, this weapon apparently performed quite well with HE-Frag ammunition.The pump-action grenade launcher features leaf iron sights similar to the M79. The front sight is a fixed square notch. Depending on if the leaf is folded or not, the rear square notch is either fixed or adjustable from 75 to 400 m in 25 m increments.
The larger screw on the left side of the receiver was designed originally for a quadrant sight to be mounted.Though meant for SEAL teams, a handful were used by Marine Force Recon and Army 5th Special Forces Group
A well known one i think i hope you liked this post and as always have a chilled day from the viking.
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