Ever since the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army has been trying to field a grenade launcher that duplicates the accuracy of that mythical grenadier and his M79 so compelling portrayed in Francis Ford ...

It never really left the squad. The 40mm grenade launcher has been there for decades. Slung under rifles, carried as a standalone system, trusted to arc explosives over walls and into places rifles ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Simple in design, with a wooden stock — typically black walnut or birch, though plastic eventually was an option, too — the M79 weighs about the same as an M16, and ...