How does a grenade launcher work? - All about grenades Part 2

Let's find out how a grenade launcher works.
In this video, we made a 3D animation about the generation process and operation of a 40mm grenade.
The structure and operation of the 40mm grenade,
Japanese knee mortars,
Soviet RPG-2,
M79 grenade launcher,
And so on.
Thank you for watching this video.
#military #grenade #grenadelauncher #40mm #rpg2 #m79 #mscope

[@manoffaith2501]

In Vietnam I carried an M79 grenade launcher and also carried an side arm, 45 cal 1911 pistol for close-in protection.

[@subhadeeppaul1349]

Awesome. Ideal for home defence.

[@mokadelic4037]

This, but unironically

[@crack481]

You will destroy your own house.

[@yoyomodiji]

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[@samuelclayton4405]

I am an Infantrymen. I carried a m-203. Perfect Weapon for several different applications. Anti-Personal/ Anti-Material. Several different type of round were used. There was a HE, AP ( would go thru a door or a hood of a 6×6) Lightly skinned Vehicle, and APers (Anti Personal).There was a Shot round. It was like a shotgun shell full of .30 Caliber shot, and then there was the Flechette round. It kicked like an 8 Guage shotgun.

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

The old M-79, "Thumper", was an ambush buster. A good gunner could have a half dozen rounds on the way before the first one hit. The shot round and flechette round was devastating up close. The gunner also carried a 1911a1, .45 acp. Gun of my youth.

[@smc1942]

@@ralphgreenjr.2466 I knew a Vietnam Vet who carried Thumper and a cut down M2 carbine for backup. He prefered them to the M16!

[@GeorgiaDawgAthens]

@samuelclayton4405 I loved "the Blooper" as we called it in '69. It was, and still is, a sweet, well-manufactured weapon.

[@BongRipper-l3s]

Hooah! ya that 203 got some kick! Was not that good with the 203 so they gave me the m249 which is heavier but worth the weight! W

[@sarajevsky]

I destroyed golf rabbit 2 Type with two granades from 40 meters distance. I was not precise , I was 19 year old rookie with lot of luck. Rabbit Golf was packed with 3 enemies of special assault unit, with heavy bulletproof vests and helmets. Didnt worked. First hit was front part of car, second directly beside driver, so the granade killed them with heavy wounds on lower body parts. So was destiny, poor bastards...

[@Ed-ig7fj]

My buddy who was in Vietnam loved his M-79 "Blooper." Once, though, when he had it resting on his hip, he accidentally fired a round straight up. All the guys were looking up to see where it would land. Luckily, it landed at a safe distance. We miss you, Robert. ("Bobbie" R., 4th Inf. Div., 1967-69, around Pleiku, Dak To, etc., two tours) -Old Guy

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

I was in the Australian army in the 90s and I've heard people call them the blooper, pooper, poop gun, poonka, and supershotty! I love the sound, and with practise, you can get pretty good accuracy. One kid on a recruit training course I was working landed a grenade right into his platoon commanders bush hat at 100m. (Aussie tradition, the COs bush hat get put on the range during grenade training. Usually results in a few frag holes and some laughs, it's good for unit cohesion and morale) I've fired many, many smoke and illum rounds from these on exercise, and a couple of grenade variants on the range. Probably the most fun range day of all the weapons I ever worked with. Excuse me, I gotta go listen to Bruce Springsteens Glory Days and talk myself down. "I'm not 22, I'm not 22, I'm not 22...."

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Its amazing how simple an RPG launcher really is. All the cool stuff is in the grenade itself.

[@aperson336]

Wtf is a rpg launcher? My guy is out here launching ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot’s (hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher)

[@poughkeepsieblue]

@@aperson336 are you fuckin with me?

[@poughkeepsieblue]

@@aperson336 lmao

[@LeSpongedeStardust]

@@aperson336 I prefer mortar launchers though

[@recceeboy1237]

Knee mortars were never fired by resting on your leg, unless you wanted a broken bone. It was designed to rest on ground or a large branch

[@andrewpaul3130]

That's right.

[@theloudamerican2193]

They would shatter the shooters femor! Lol 😂.

[@tacticalsapper]

Wow you repeat what the narrator in the video said, well done.

[@martinbaumgardner4432]

@@tacticalsapper He said that much after he called it a knee mortar and showed the picture I'm surprised more people have not commented on it.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

@@joekano6952 I was also told you needed to "Take a knee" to fire it.

[@kanmagoshi]

(7min mark) the way the 40mm has a safety mechanism with the bearing acting as a detonator block is the coolest thing ever. Whoever invented that is a pretty smart guy.

[@Leit0]

thanks

[@paulredinger5830]

I used a M203 when I was in the army in 1982. Beautiful weapon. Kinda weighty especially carrying the grenade and the M16 rounds though.

[@anthonyc417]

The illustration of the knee mortar is hilarious good luck with that broken femur

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

This channel's videos should be used for military courses

[@jamesdoesitmatter]

Thank you for covering the high-low. Most have no idea it's not like a bullet. Close but not the same.

[@MacksCurley]

Wow, impressive design. At time 7:22 where it shows the arming and detonation sequence of counter leverage is a brilliant design and I like the safety feature with the ball. I have to wonder if you could throw it hard enough to arm it.

[@silverseven5283]

I know, right?! Assuming if you could throw it and it rotates that is.

[@silverseven5283]

@SKIDROW NIUGINI I see. Too bad i can't shoot one of those.

[@MacksCurley]

@SKIDROW NIUGINI QSL

[@rogerturner6737]

I don't think so

[@samuellopez8425]

I like the m79 ues it in Vietnam.

[@mechadonia]

Thank you for the explanation of High-Low! I remember reading about it when I was in middle school and just never being able to visualize how it actually looked inside a 40mm casing or how it actually worked. Still never really grasped it until now.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Thanks for this series, its fascinating and informative.

[@alaric_]

Wow, the quality is awesome! The subscriber amount really does not reflect the quality that this channel is providing. I'll do my little part to increase that number :)

[@brustar5152]

My line of machines at Canadian Arsenals Ltd in Longbranch Ontario made thousands of barrels for hose things for the U.S. during the Vietnam war. The barrels were black anodized aluminum.

[@jamesivie5717]

Great video. To quote Arnold Schwartsneger, "Excellent".

[@mehranfreeman6192]

Very well presented, awesome 👌

[@alphasierra.]

Excellent video, eagerly waiting for the one on UBGL

[@bb1040]

In Vietnam I liked the M-79 because it was easy to clean ,by just pulling a towel through the barrel. LOL

[@andrewparrott7260]

Yes, the M79 grenade gun. Here in Australia we had a nickname for it, the wombat or thumper gun. When I served, had an absolutely fun time using it. Didn't like carrying it around on the back of my webbing though, a bit uncomfortable.

[@scanthecode9974]

BRO KEEP IT COMING I LOVE THE TUTORI-

[@littlebear1520]

I was lucky enough to see some of the original blueprints for the m79 apparently it was developed in Duluth or Superior or the inventor was from that area

[@iceberg789]

that rotating alignment fuse sounds tricky.

[@piconano]

I'll bet they'll make a model that can be dropped by a small drone. I appreciate the hard work that goes into making these videos.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

ISIS started dropping rifle grenades from drones a few years ago.

[@HDX539]

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[@amitaimedan]

Excelent video and explanation.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

So, the m79 is a rifled grenade round I know rifling makes any weapon more accurate and travel farther, but i assumed the thump gun just lobbed grenades, i naively never even considered it was a rifled round.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

On top of that, the ball/rotation safety design is something i never knew, and makes sense. The 40mm is a big boy, waiting to hear about the 25mm... I really am learning something here. Thanks again.

[@youngtactical9292]

always wondered why when you shoot the GL straight at the ground it would not explode i would yell all the time "cheap grenade" an would be like this damn thing only works when you shoot it at some one. but its because the orb has not spun in to alinement with the striker pin AMAZING !!! THXFOR SHOWING THAT

[@asahearts1]

"stab-lee"

[@peacekeeper9687]

Your channel is amazing keep making such videos I like it 👍👍👍

[@j7ndominica051]

I was wondering how grenades in fallout don't explode entirely at the moment of firing. Speech synthesizers are getting better.

[@patrickshea5955]

You have to have some real balls to use that knee grenade launcher 😭💀😳

[@Cryogenius333]

I love when my grenades fly stab-ly. And they stably my enemy tank with a properly ignited catridge.

[@mxcollin95]

Super interesting channel! 👍

[@АлексСлободян-г1м]

Суперский обзор! ХОЧУ такой гранатомет!!!!!!!!!!!

[@glenspryszak6005]

Also excellent for tear gas "grenades" up to about 120 meters.

[@brianjones7521]

'go get The Roach'

[@pootisgang20000]

ah yes, the "stably".

[@jimward89]

excellent

[@crack481]

Awesome videos!!!!

[@vishnuraj8285]

Terminator 🔥

[@MrPrist-kp8fp-theonetrueprist2]

rpg: rocket propelled gernades

[@danielgreen3715]

Just what im looking for!

[@garikm24]

3:30 "Pineapple on pizza isn't that bad-"

[@AlexanderNewman-n7n]

wonderful

[@jamiemiller8678]

@2:51 the sight distances are explained backwards

[@ihala2141]

0:46 DO NOT PUT THE KNEE MORTAR ON YOUR KNEE , ITS SUPOSED TO BE IN THE GROUND (serioussly, you'll break your leg with the recoil)

[@rogerturner6737]

Lol yeah I hope that I never see one other than photo or movie reality is war could come anywhere at anytime

[@aperson336]

0:22 m79 (a grenade launcher) RPG 2 (anti tank weapon, not a grenade launcher) Type 89 mortar (definitely not a grenade launcher)

[@johntrow4529]

It goes bloop and boom

[@workhardplayharder4924]

Perfect explain.

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Nice👌

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CAn't wait for neXt VId

[@socialiteclefceo5592]

Fantastic❤

[@原理-f6r]

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[@rogerturner6737]

Blooker or a rocket propelled grenade one shoots armor piercing or explosive or personal that are like a shotgun shooting shot the RPG is longer range explosive both are leathal weapons designed for warfare combat situations

[@snoooozel7404]

danke für deine arbeit

[@williampoppell5189]

My NCOs always harshly punished us if we ever called a rifle a 'gun.'. He he

[@skepticalbadger]

Technically speaking, neither small infantry mortars nor recoilless weapons (RPG-2) are grenade launchers, despite the use of grenade munitions in the knee mortar and similarity of the Russian word "granatamyot" (RPG-2 fires a shaped charge "warhead" or "munition" in English, not a grenade).

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

Actually, technically speaking, an RPG-2 IS a grenade launcher. It fires a fin-stabilised projected grenade. The M79 fires a spin stabilised projected grenade. There are variations in how different nations use the word ‘grenade’ (the word is originally derived from ‘pomegranate’ btw), but in British nomenclature a grenade was originally an explosive weapon that could be carried by an individual soldier (a ‘grenadier’). The need to improve the range of grenades took us from things like the Mills Bomb to rifle grenades, projected grenades and on to the PG-7 propelled grenade which has a sustain motor to increase its range. Although RPG in Russian stands for ‘hand-held anti-tank weapon’*, the PG-7 is hard to distinguish- from a taxonomic perspective- from a light anti-tank rocket. * Check out the RPG 43.

[@0oHITo0]

so you are telling me that if i catch a grenade of a grenade launcher by it's sides then it will not explode?

[@renatopacheco5122]

Demoman lore:

[@shadsa9503]

40 Millimetres grenade is a good grenade 😮 it looks special

[@shadsa9503]

I like the M 79

[@shadsa9503]

I also like the site Carrier

[@chioccolat1957]

Mississippi Queen

[@cbroz7492]

..we call it 40 millimeter...no 'S'!!!

[@kenneydin]

You’re wrong Panzer Faust was not the first 2.5 bazooka was which was American

[@yuumetal2363]

0:37 this wasnt knee mortar. some american soldier broke thigh by using like that. it supposed to use on ground.

[@yuumetal2363]

2:11

[@Omc-Steelbone]

What is an active stac?

[@mr.foxasmg]

KABOOM!!

[@kzinxqolyzukarinkuari1602]

could u do a battle ships 16 Inch gun in the future?

[@OldCracka]

The sketch of the knee mortar is wrong its not literally shot from the knee you would break your fibula in half 😅

[@harambetidepod1451]

cool

[@Orion-of9oq]

Knee mortar aka leg breakers

[@razony]

M79 is so much better than the M203. Once you get the feel of this launcher and how it feels. You don't need the sights.

[@blackhawk7r221]

The M320 finally got it all right

[@razony]

@@blackhawk7r221 The Milkor MGL is the beast.

[@rogerturner6737]

Range not all that still a mean weapon blooker m79 that's the one

[@bayyobdalvor1044]

My neighbor got his fingers blown while trying to extract the copper from these shells, pure madness 🙉 We call it potato 🥔 shells because it's literally every where after the war with ISIS

[@dongjunleejuly13th]

What makes me a good Demoman?

[@alkohallick2901]

40 millimeters grenades lol

[@bobwoods1302]

The grenade launcher was invented by John Newb in 1878.

[@cf465]

What is the background music you used for this?

[@johnpritchard5410]

catridge?

[@bennygarcia7786]

I was a grenadier

[@MrTAGGER88]

S T A B L Y

[@maxiona714]

Man, the M79 is so f*cking annoying in Coalition, no wonder the Americans got rid of that thing.

[@raphlvlogs271]

can the projectiles land on their sides if shot improperly

[@rogerturner6737]

If it ricochet off something it could and then be a live hot Schell on the battle field step on this and die

[@Grilled-Cheese-Obama-Sandwich.]

3:35 you should respect me because i dress up as an animal to supp- rpg2 goes booom

[@DaPlaneCrazyBuilder-pg1rd]

thats a big ass shell

[@amyjojinkerson-b6o]

it is called elevation

[@phxazdude1969]

"Stably" ?

[@patrickscott2638]

7 rounds clip

[@AlekseiPlekhanov]

0:37 Wrong, shooting only from the ground.

[@82ghall]

get the Roach

[@ARMA2ARMENIA]

👍

[@Sk-pd5wt]

How to RPG7 WORK?

[@MrTvistor-z5d]

А как увеличить площадь поражения?

[@Dzhem1]

Fire in the hall! 🙃

[@44unknown83]

In 0:45that position is dangerous, if that soldier fired that mortar, his entire thigh would explode or break. The buttplate looks like something you would fit on your knee hence the nickname “knee mortar”

[@arx-fatalis]

HIMARS ?

[@davidfrank3728]

Stab-ly What is stab-ly?? AI has NO place in this world!!

[@Nontawat-f3u]

M79

[@dicklong6479]

mr robot voice

[@udittlamba]

wow, the 40mm is low key a feat of engineering.

[@patent6458]

just like much other stuff used in war. it had to work so you grab some smart guys, say what you need and get an engineering overkill so far

[@burtpanzer]

@@flat-earther Sorry friend, but there are many ways to disprove flat-earth.

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Ugh two Antifas...