Loading, with a latch on the left side of the interface rail being depressed by The M203 uses a slide action to open the breech, sliding forward for Or M4 may be used normally, except that a bayonet or the RAW rifle grenadeĬannot be used, and the sling attaches to the front of the weapon slightlyĭifferently (the sling swivel is attached to the side of the front sight base). The assembly is very simple and takes less than 5 minutes to attach to Quadrant sight that is attached to the carrying handle of the rifle, a secondaryįolding leaf sight behind the front sight of the rifle, and a new handguard. Of an M16 or M4-series assault rifle, the barrel and trigger mechanism, a Launcher kit consists of a base launcher rail that is attached under the barrel
Huge orders from the US military, let alone other countries, and by January ofġ970, the M203 was a Colt product AAI themselves only manufactured 600 M203s. However, even AAI realized that they could not keep up with the even the
Them had been produced, with the M203 being used by over thirty countriesĭesign, and they built the first production batches. The M203 was accepted for service in 1969, and by 2000, almost 300,000 of Notes: The M203 was developed during the Vietnam War to replace the M-79 and anĮarlier experimental underbarrel grenade launcher, the XM148.
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