Meanwhile, the under-the-barrel grenade US military likes so much is an entire firearm added to your rifle. Don’t know nowadays though since they retired the FAMAS. Hence, the FN FAL rifle and FN FALO squad. Booktopia has Vietnam War Infantry Weapons of Australia: Lee-Enfield, FN Fal, M1911 Pistol, M60 Machine Gun, Bazooka, M72 Law, M79 Grenade Launcher. But after the establishment of the state, the new IDF needed more of a standard service rifle and that rifle needed to be modern and capable.

After it went away, open gas system, lower grenade sights as needed (Brazilian FALs used a sight attached to the grenade that would fall off during firing), and back to pew pew pew.ĪFAIK, French soldiers tend to carry 3 rifle grenades on them just in case. In the Israeli war of independence, the Haganah was using whatever weaponry it could get its hands on Kar98ks, Sten guns, SMLEs, etc. Most of the time, all you had to do was to close the gas block (lever in the MAS, rotate plug in FAL/FN-49, nothing at all in the STGW57 since it had no gas system), insert grenade, put blank/grenade specific round which usually came with grenade, set sights as needed, and shoot. Brazil even made Mauser bolt action rifles with the same flash hider as their FALs, which meant they too could shoot that rifle grenade. You know that rifles like the Mas 49 family, Beretta AR70/90, the FAL, some SKS, STGW57, and even the FAMAS were able to shoot 22mm rifle grenades.

Fn fal grenade launcher