Hawk MM-1
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MM-1 40mm grenade launcher (USA)
| Hawk MM-1 | |
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| Type | Grenade launcher |
| Place of origin | United States of America |
| Service history | |
| Used by | U.S., |
| Production history | |
| Number built | Unknown |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 5.7 kg unloaded |
| Length | 635 mm |
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| Cartridge | 12 round drum |
| Caliber | 40x46mm |
| Rate of fire | semi-automatic |
| Effective range | 150 m point targets, 350 m area targets |
| Feed system | rotating-drum |
The MM-1 semi-automatic grenade launcher is manufactured in the USA by the Hawk Engineering Company, and is in use by Special Forces of the USA, as well as of several South American and African countries. While MM-1 may look much like an upscaled Milkor MGL grenade launcher, most probably the MM-1 traces its ancestry back to the Manville machine projector, a revolver-type 20-shot tear gas gun, developed in USA for police use before the Second World War. The MM-1, while being relatively heavy and bulky, can provide considerable firepower, with practical rate of fire as much as 30 rounds per minute. It can be useful in ambushes and other fast-paced close combat scenarios.
The MM-1 is a revolver-type weapon, with the heavy cylinder being rotated for each shot by the clockwork-type spring. The spring is wound manually during the reloading. To reload the cylinder, the rear part of the gun is released and rotated sideways to expose the rear of the cylinder, which is connected to the front part of the frame and barrel.
[edit] See also
- List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
- List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces
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