M79 SOG

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo	Explosion
Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo	Damage	Radius
US	M79 SOG		Engineer	1 / 2	125	200

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight	Reload Speed
Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	M79	Grenade Launcher	Single Shot	12 RPM	3° & 1° ADS	Unaffected	60 m/s	230 g (.5 lbs)	7 kg (15.43 lbs)	3.166 Seconds

Buckshot Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Range Modifier
Buckshot Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Range Modifier	25x6	×2.5 = 62.5	×1.5 = 37.5	×1.25 = 31.25	×0.9 = 22.5	×0.85 = 21.25	0.75

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name	Launcher, Grenade, 40 mm, M79	40mm grenade 12 gauge Buckshot	USA	1961	Springfield Armory Action Manufacturing Company Kanarr Corporation Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge	8.5 in (215.9)	13.77 in (349.7 cm)	weapon_m79_sog

The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action launcher that fires 40×46mm low-velocity grenades using the U.S. High-Low propulsion principle to keep recoil manageable. It became closely associated with U.S. forces in the Vietnam War, where it provided infantry squads with accurate, portable explosive fire out to several hundred meters. Its distinctive “bloop” report earned it many nicknames, including “Thumper,” “Bloop Tube,” and “Blooper,” with Australian units also referring to it as the “Wombat Gun.”

HISTORY

The M79 grew out of the U.S. Army’s Project Niblick effort to give infantrymen an explosive projectile more accurate and longer-ranged than rifle grenades while remaining more portable than a mortar. While multi-shot launcher concepts like the three-round “harmonica” T148 saw limited evaluation, the Army ultimately standardized the simpler single-shot break-open design lineage (S-3 to S-5) as the XM79, adopting it as the M79 on December 15, 1960. The weapon’s straightforward manual of arms and reliability made it popular, and by the mid-1960s M79 grenadiers were fielded widely in Vietnam, typically as a dedicated grenadier within rifle squads and fire teams.

In Vietnam combat, the M79’s major drawback was its single-shot rate of fire and the fact that many grenadiers carried it as their primary long arm, leaving them with only a sidearm after expending grenades unless they also slung a rifle. The minimum arming distance of standard 40mm HE rounds also complicated very close engagements, driving the use of special-purpose ammunition and inspiring repeating-launcher concepts such as the Navy’s China Lake grenade launcher for SEAL use. The underbarrel launcher concept later addressed many of these issues by pairing a grenade launcher with a standard rifle, eventually leading to systems like the M203.

Sources

https://www.benning.army.mil/Infantry/Weapons/Content/PDF/M79.pdf M79 40mm Grenenade Launcher | U.S. Army (Fort Benning / Infantry)
https://www.nps.gov/spar/learn/historyculture/us-wwii-arms.htm U.S. Small Arms (collection context for later U.S. weapons including grenade launchers) | Springfield Armory National Historic Site (NPS)
https://smallarmsreview.com/the-m79-grenade-launcher/ The M79 Grenade Launcher | Small Arms Review
Dockery, Kevin. Weapons of the Vietnam War. Amber Books.

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