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Favorite COD Zombies guns: Th M79 Grenade Launcher

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country: USA

year: 1960

weapon class: grenade launcher

game: modern warfare 2, black ops DS, modern warfare 3 defiance

ammo type: 40mm grenade

mag size: 1

Otherwise Known as the "Thumper". The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40x46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War. Because of its distinctive report, it has earned the nicknames of "Thumper", "Thump-Gun", "Bloop Tube", and "Blooper" among American soldiers, Australian units referred to it as the "Wombat Gun". The M79 can fire a wide variety of 40 mm rounds, including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot, flechette (pointed steel projectiles with a vaned tail for stable flight), and illumination. While largely replaced by the M203,[3] the M79 has remained in service in many units worldwide in niche roles.

In 1961, the first M79 grenade launchers were delivered to the US Army. Owing to its ease of use, reliability, and firepower, the M79 became popular among American soldiers, who dubbed it "the platoon leader's artillery". Some soldiers would cut down the stock and barrel to make the M79 even more portable.

The M79 saw combat in the Vietnam War beginning in the early days, when M79 Grenadiers assigned to major Army divisions first arrived to see combat in Vietnam in 1965, to include: the 1st Cavalry Division, the 1st Infantry Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Typically, one M79 Grenadier would be a member of each Infantry Fire Team (4-5 men), of which two Fire Teams comprised an Infantry Squad, headed by a Squad Leader.

However, its single-shot nature was a serious drawback; having to reload after every shot meant a slow rate of fire and therefore an inability to keep up a constant volume of fire during a firefight (which lead the Navy to develop the China Lake Grenade Launcher, of which only a handful were produced, for the deployed SEAL Teams). Also, for close-in situations, the minimum arming range (the round must travel 30 meters to arm itself) and the blast radius meant a grenadier would have to either resort to his .45 cal. pistol, or fire and hope that the grenade would not arm itself but instead act as a giant slow bullet.

when upgraded, it becomes the M115 Thumper, gaining a 15 round mag, with a 115 shots in reserve, more power, and the grenades dont hurt the user
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