Talk:Grenade launcher

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1 GLs vs RGs
2 Metal Storm
3 Of AG36..
4 What's the difference?

[edit] GLs vs RGs

the article is currently confusing on the issue of rifle grenades. If you read from the beginning, the link to the rifle grenade implied to me that this article would not be about rifle grenades. Then this article went on to discuss things that seem to be rifle grenades anyway? I don't know, I can't tell, that's why I call it confusing.

[edit] Metal Storm

Pulled this section out of the article. Metal storm is a cool idea/device but it's not a grenade launcher. Even if they make a MS GL, this article isn't the place to detail the mechanism.

Though not strictly a grenade launching platform, the Metal Storm system is certainly usable in this role. The idea is to place multiple projectiles stacked in a single barrel and fire them either in sequence, in bursts, or all at once. Due to this configuration, and the fact that the charges are electronically fired, the system can reach an amazing rate of fire while maintaining simplicity and reliability. The concept of stacking projectiles in one barrel is not new but never before has a system been as integrated and possibly useful as this. Multiple barrels could be mounted holding different types of grenades to deal with different threats such as personnel or heavily armored vehicles. While grenades do not normally pose a threat to armored vehicles, one side effect of an extremely high rate of fire is the fact that it could dig through using successive projectiles fired at one point. This may seem like the ideal system for grenade launchers, however, due to the fact that once a barrel's charges are expended, you would then be carrying dead weight or have to throw away an entire barrel instead of simply inserting a new magazine or belt. For this reason, it is unlikely that Metal Storm will become a standard issue smallarm, other than for special operations, unless a way to make cheaper and lighter barrels can be found. One experimental attempt at meshing a traditional rifle and Metal Storm system is the Australian Advanced Individual Combat Weapon program that takes the standard Steyr AUG rifle and places a 40 mm Metal Storm barrel on top with a fire control system built into the stock. As it is still at the prototype stages, it has yet to be seen whether this combination will actually be effective in the field.

[edit] Of AG36..

In the very start its said AG36 can be used "stand alone" like M79. This is incorrect.

http://www.hkpro.com/ag36.htm is underbarrel like 203,

http://www.hkpro.com/hk69.htm the KH69 on the other hand is stand alone launcher like M79 and i can understand how somebody with no knowledge can confuse the two, but to be correct they are not the same weapon even if there is superficial similarity there.

[edit] What's the difference?

With automatic grenade launchers such as the Mark 19, what is the actual definition difference between an automatic grenade launcher and an autocannon? Does an autocannon use higher velocities and more streamlined shells rather than shooting out more rounded shots with a lower velocity via less powder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.25.127 (talk) 14:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)