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The

M79 grenade launcher

is a single-shot, break-open, shoulder-fired weapon. It is breech- loading and fires a 40mm grenade. It has an open, fixed front sight and an open, adjustable rear sight. The M203 was designed and procured as the replacement for the M79 grenade launcher of the Vietnam era.

M79-s grenade launcher

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Mon. December 15, 2008

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The M-79 armor piercing round, almost 3 feet high, was removed by police and kept securely until yesterday, when the army 706 Explosive Unit detonated the ...
According to local news network ABS-CBN News, a chief engineer and his apprentice on the cargo vessels were hit by shrapnel from an m79 grenade launcher. ...
... around 11:30 pm Ando said a chief engineer, identified as Irvin Tigunan and his apprentice Ralph Dollete, were hit by shrapnel from an m79 grenade launcher.
But it was "m79," an odd but thrilling mash-up of Caribbean and baroque (Bob Marley meets Bach) that was the night's highlight. ...

It started just after midnight at a home on Curtis Road near M-79 south of Nashville. The homeowners reported the fire and made it out safely. ...
The old M-79 grenade launcher uses the 40 mm round. The ones that were laying on the table in the picture [see photo] of today's paper. ...
Their weapons - CAR 15s, M-60 machine guns, AR-15s and M-79 grenade launchers - were all test fired and re-zeroed. And this is when they learned the details ...
When an m79 grenade was fired into a crowd of protesters of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) at Don Mueang airport on Tuesday, ...
Mr. Koenig's croon was lovely on "m79" and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," and Christopher Tomson's drumming was arrestingly firm on "I Stand Corrected" and "The ...
An initial inspection found that only a window at the arrival hall was destroyed, shattered by a fatal m79 grenade attack launched from the tollway on ...
The buses will be used on the M8, M14, M20, M23, M34, M42, M57, m79 and Q32 bus routes. The city has a collection of 19 vintage buses, some so old that they ...
Buses from the '60s and '70s are now operating during morning and evening rush hours on the M8, M14, M20, M23, M34, M42, M57 and m79 lines, and the Q32 in ...
Channel 7 television said an m79 grenade was fired from a flyover near the airport, which has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy since ...
Authorities believe an m79 grenade was fired at the Peoples Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters from a road overpass. Earlier hundreds of PAD protesters ...
A, what seems to have been, an m79 grenade launch from a rifle, which was fired from a flyover into the sleeping crowd. Now, I think it's about 22 people ...
"Besides, I'm 79," Peek said "I have a grandson who is three I hardly get to see and places in the mountains I love to see." Peek is looking forward to ...
... deal a crippling blow to the government. The victim was killed by an m79 grenade that was fired from a flyover near the airport, local television reported.
The m79 grenade launcher, a Vietnam-era weapon that works like a single-shot shotgun, fires a 40mm grenade up to several hundred metres. ...
Thai media said an m79 grenade was fired from a flyover near the domestic airport, occupied along with the main international airport by the People's ...
The explosion was allegedly caused by an m79 grenade lobbed from a flyover near the airport, which is currently being occupied by the members of the ...
He said another lethal weapon in use has been grenades fired from an m79 launcher, which requires professional and experienced handling. ...
The first bomb, reportedly m79 type, exploded at midnight just 200 meters away from the PAD's main stage inside the Government House which was seized by the ...
Police say rival Thai factions have used handguns, makeshift explosives and an M-79 grenade launcher in attacks on each other, killing six people and ...
... in the past two weeks on PAD areas, killing one person. The grenades have been fired from Vietnam-era m79 launchers, which are common in the armed forces.
The m79 grenade exploded just 200 metres away from the PAD's main stage inside Government House. Similar attacks on demonstrators in recent weeks have ...
They fired two bombs, which police suspect were m79 grenades, at a satellite dish on the rooftop, but the bombs hit metal screens first and exploded. ...
By The Nation Assailants fired two m79 grenades against the ASTV head office early Friday morning, apparently trying to blow off satellite transponder ...
The olive branch, however, quickly withered away when Somchai's lieutenants started firing verbal salvos and unidentified gunmen used m79 grenade launchers ...
Police say two grenades were fired from an m79 launcher. The third blast occurred at FM 92.75 and FM 107.5 community radio station for taxi drivers, ...
"I'm 79 and I can't wait," said Edie Windsor, there with her spouse Thea Spyer, whom she married in Canada. The couple's marriage is recognized here in New ...
The olive branch, however, quickly withered away when Somchai's lieutenants started firing verbal salvos and unidentified gunmen used m79 grenade launchers ...
Two of the grenades, thought to be fired from an M-79 grenade launcher, were lobbed at the ASTV station on Phra Athit road near the Chao Phraya river in the ...
One of them was injured severely, the TV station reported. It said an m79 grenade was also launched at the protesters but it did not explode.
... statements he has made against the PAD, including a threat last week to use m79 anti-tank rockets to dislodge protesters from around Government House. ...
Yutthapong had been on life support at the hospital since Saturday, after shrapnel from a grenade fired from an m79 launcher inflicted irreversible damage ...
Early Saturday, two culprits riding on a motorcycle hurled an M-79 grenade at the PAD volunteer guards near the demonstrating site in Bangkok. ...
Someone fired an M-79 grenade into the protest, killing one person and wounding about 20. The PAD blamed the government for the violence, and SERC backs ...
Discontinue overnight service on the B7, B14, B31, B45, B48, B57, B64, B65, B67, B77, Bx10, M1, M2, M16, M22, M23, M42, M50, M66, m79, M96, M102, M103, ...
... from the more fun than it should ever be to use Taser, to the more traditional assault rifles and shotguns, and you even get a m79 grenade launcher. ...
The PAD's initial investigation showed that the projectile was likely to be a military issue M-79 rifle grenade shot into the compound from outside. ...

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