One of the earliest United States grenade launcher designs, built around the 40mm grenade. Utilizing the High-Low propulsion system, the M79 allows the operator to deliver high explosive rounds at a range of hundreds of meters, while its rugged design - consisting of just five major parts, a receiver, fore-end, barrel, sight, and stock - offers excellent reliability. The one drawback is that the grenade launcher is single-shot only, reducing its rate of fire and precluding a sustained volume of fire. However, it is quite compact, especially with the stock sawed off, while the straightforward optics, consisting of a fixed blade sight on the front and a folding leaf sight on the rear, enable accurate fire with just pointing and shooting. These qualities kept it in use well into the late 21st century, showing that simplicity is beauty.[1][2]
Characteristics[]
An entry-level weapon for an Explosives-focused character, the grenade rifle, as the M79 is called, is an effective long-range weapon. It's quite durable too: It can fire a total of 495 grenades from full condition before breaking. Interestingly, the player character aims using only the front sight, rather than both of them.
Mercenary's grenade rifle, a unique variant of the grenade rifle that is slightly lighter.
Grenade rifle with the long barrel modification.
