The Modèle 1952 34mm HE rifle grenade was in French service from 1952 to 1978. It was used alongside the
APAV40
The APAV 40 (''anti-personnel/anti-véhicule'', 40mm) is a 40 mm dual purpose rifle grenade used by the French Army.
Design
The APAV 40 is a dual purpose, anti-personnel (AP) and anti-vehicle (AV), 40 mm rifle-grenade. It has a mass of 4 ...
rifle grenade in French service.
It was propelled by being mounted atop a rifle's
22 mm grenade
A 22 mm rifle grenade is inserted over the firing mechanism on the front of rifles that are equipped with the appropriate spigot-type launcher, either in the form of an integral flash suppressor or a detachable adapter. As with most rifle ...
launching adapter, and being launched by a ballistite (blank) cartridge.
In common with other rifle grenades of this era, they became obsolescent when the bullet trap form of propulsion became popular at the end of the 1970s.
The Yugoslavian
M60 anti-personnel grenade, similarly launched from a rifle's
22 mm grenade
A 22 mm rifle grenade is inserted over the firing mechanism on the front of rifles that are equipped with the appropriate spigot-type launcher, either in the form of an integral flash suppressor or a detachable adapter. As with most rifle ...
launching adapter by a ballistite cartridge, bears a strong resemblance.
Sources and references
French army manual on rifle grenades dated 1966 with an illustration of the Modèle 1952 and text on pages 21 to 22
External links
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Article (in Spanish) with reference to several French rifle grenades
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Cold War weapons of France
Rifle grenades
Military equipment introduced in the 1950s