Original Item: Only One Available. A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand.

The practice of projecting grenades with rifle-mounted launchers was first widely used during World War I and World War II and continues to the present, with the term "rifle grenade" now encompassing many different types of payloads including high explosive, fragmentation, anti-tank warheads, concussion, smoke, incendiary, and flare missiles.

Rifle grenades have largely been supplanted in the infantry fire support role by a combination of grenade launchers (typically affixed to rifles) and disposable anti-armor rockets.

This example is completely inert and was never filled with any explosive content, as this was just a training item. The grenade is in total compliance with the current BATF standards on ordnance and is not available for export.

The cup-type launcher has the advantage of using standard hand-grenades. However, the need to load a blank cartridge into the rifle's chamber in order to launch the grenade proved to be clumsy in combat. This difficulty led to the development of the French "Vivien and Bessières" shoot-through grenade (or VB grenade). As the name implies, these grenades allow for the use of live ammunition. The VB grenade has a hole through the middle that permits the passage of a standard bullet; this arms the grenade, the expanding gasses launch the grenade, and the grenade explodes 8 seconds later. This removes the need to provide a special blank round to launch the grenade.

This example is an Israeli is a “No. 14” Rifle Training Grenade, used to simulate the 51mm MA-AT 52, a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), gas-pressure-armed, impact-inertia-fired, fin-stabilized, rifle grenade used against armored and materiel targets.

The body is aluminum, steel and copper, the fins are plastic and the remainder of the grenade is rubber, as this is just a training example. When the grenade is launched, gasses from a launching cartridge pass through the gas ports in the deflector assembly. Gas pressure forces the closure cap of the deflector assembly and the rear cover of the arming assembly forward. This movement drives the arming piston forward, shearing the shear pin. The arming piston frees the lock balls that roll inward, freeing the firing pin and the rotor lockpin.

The overall condition of both the grenade and the cardboard tube is excellent, with no signs of any use present. All paint and markings are still present and complete.

Comes more than ready for further research and display.

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