The U.S. Navy Had a Weird, Hand-Cranked Grenade Launcher
school design set the stage for weapons still in use today. The U.S. Navy Had a Weird, Hand-Cranked Grenade Launcher Since the very first firearms appeared on the battlefield, weaponeers have looked for ways to send more bullets at the enemy. So when the Pentagon cooked up the 40-millimeter grenade in the late 1950s, American engineers wasted little time in developing plans for even faster firing versions. In 1962, the U.S. Navy also got into the quick-firing grenade launcher business. The result was an almost anachronistic, hand-cranked ...
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