US Grenade Launchers
M79, M203, and M320
$32.99
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2017
Summary
In an effort to provide the US infantryman with more firepower to cover the range gap between the hand grenade and the light mortar, the 40mm M79 grenade launcher – a shoulder-fired, single-shot weapon – entered service with US forces in 1961.
Reliable, easy to use, and lethally effective, the M79 soon became an iconic symbol of the Vietnam War and had a profound influence on small-unit tactics. As the Vietnam conflict continued, it was joined on the front line by exp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472819529 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472819527 |
| Author: | Gordon L. Rottman, Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 184mm x 248mm |
| Series: | Weapon |
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Gordon L. Rottman
Gordon L. Rottman completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol, and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor.
Alan Gilliland writes, illustrates and publishes fiction, as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers.
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