lol the Terminator music
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Special delivery, lol
Pretty slick.
Welp that's terrifying
That looks more like an AT4 or RPG style weapon than a grenade launcher to me.
Not a grenade. Why are these listed as such? It's an anti-armor weapon.
Anti-tank grenades were originally hand-tossed.
To be clear, I'm not saying it's technically incorrect, but it's an old description. We don't call calculators adding machines anymore either.
So you would prefer they use the term "rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher", correct?
Are you referring to an RPG-7?
Any type of RPG.
RPG comes from
Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт
Meaning handheld, antitank, grenade launcher.
An M203 or an mk19 is a grenade launcher. An AT-4 or RPG-7 is a rocket or missile launcher, firing a warhead.
Do you see what I mean?
A grenade is a fragmentation device. And yes these are technically grenade launchers, but they're specifically anti-armor, rocket or missile launchers.
A grenade is a fragmentation device
What about HE grenades, incendiary grenades, anti-armor grenades, etc?
Exactly.
What is your point?
Those aren't fragmentary. The point is a grenade can be many things, not just a hand-tossed fragmentary explosive.
Have you ever used a grenade launcher or an antitank weapon like an AT-4?