While compatible with many weapons, the M203 was originally designed and produced by the United States military for the M16 rifle and its carbine variant, the M4. The launcher can also be mounted onto a C7, a Canadian version of the M16 rifle; this requires the prior removal of the bottom handguard.

2023年3月9日 · After snorting enough coke to orbit a rhino, Tony snatched up his M16-cum-M203 grenade launcher, charged it with an M433 HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose) grenade along with a pair of 30-round box magazines taped back-to-back, and faced the door.

The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.

The M203 is a 40mm single-shot grenade launcher designed for use with the M16, the M203A1 is used with the M4, and the M203A2 is the current modification that provides a mounting system...

he M16 rifle. The standard M203 fits the M16a4, while model designa-tions M203a1 and M203a2 have been adapted to fit the shorter M4 assault rifle (the M203a2 has a quick-release attachment). each variant is clearly marked with a model designation on the left-hand side of the weapon, forward of the trig

2013年1月16日 · The M203A2 grenade launcher provides a mounting system compatible with the M16A4 rifle and M4 carbine. The modification to the previous M203 and M203A1 designs includes a quick-attach bracket...

2022年5月1日 · The development of the M203 grenade launcher is closely related to the GLAD (Grenade Launcher Attachment Development) program, which was intended to provide an under-barrel grenade launcher for the new Colt XM16E1 rifle (it soon was introduced as the M16, US Army standard service rifle).

The M203 is a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low.

2022年4月28日 · The M203 grenade launcher was designed by AAI for close combat in areas that couldn’t be reached by direct fire. It was intended to be a “tactical” accessory for the M16 rifle and its variant, the M4 carbine, and was developed in response to the US Army’s Grenade Launcher Attachment Development (GLAD) program.

2011年7月7日 · The earlier M203 was used while attached to the M16A1 and M16A2 5.56mm rifles, and could be used with the XM177E2 submachine gun and other shortened variants of the M16 rifle family. The base...