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Old 01-08-2012, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
And who wouldn't? For that matter just do away with the rifle part and make it a grenade launcher. Everyone likes a big bang right?
Only thing that bugs me about the GP-25 and GP-30 grenade launchers...they're both loaded from the muzzle end, right? Once inserted, a lever and trigger is automatically cocked when the grenade is in place. So....how do you remove the grenade if for any reason firefight ends, you want to use a different grenade, etc.? Or are you pretty much stuck with that grenade loaded until it's fired??

If so, reminds me of the early Russian copies of the LAW, the RPG-18, where apparently once the launcher was extended, the rocket was live and could not be re-collapsed nor safed. Talk about looking after the safety of your privates...
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