Grenade Luncher ranges?

[Legbreaker]

For most hand held grenade launchers of the 40mm variety, you can forget about trying to fire beyond 400 metres unless you've got some serious gale force wind assistance.

In my experience it's actually not that hard to hit a stationary target even at 300+ metres with an M203 or M79. Therefore, it seems quite logical to me anyway, that direct fire range bands would indeed top out at Long. Forget about trying to hit a moving/dodging target at long range though - there's anything up to several seconds between firing and impact. On the other hand it's an area effect weapon, near enough may be good enough.

Note that a grenade flies quite slowly. It's possible if you're reasonably quick, to fire one indirect on a higher than 45 degree angle, reload, and fire a second round direct and have them both hit the target at almost the same moment. This technique has been used to confuse an enemy into believing there's twice as many grenadiers as there really are. It's also great for laying muliple blasts on an exposed target area without giving them a lot of time to take cover.