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Originally Posted by Canadian Army
I found this on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher).
"Some US Navy SEALs and Army Special Forces in Iraq have been seen using the M79 in recent years, most likely due to its greater accuracy and range compared to the M203 (350m effective versus 150 m effective on the M203)." |
Two reasons.
1 is the the accuracy.
2 is that with their new shining M4's, well it not well suited for the over/under combination which in itself is part of the reason why the M203 effective range is so limited. Especially for direct fire the sights for the M203 have to take into account the weapon above the barrel. I thought US Army had made PIP in which the 203 could be stand alone weapon with stock of it own, or place in it standard under the barrel configuration with M16 or M4.
Or another point is the ease to reload and speed it has over the M203 too.