Type 91 grenade launcher

The Type 91 Grenade Launcher is a Chinese grenade launcher used to launch 35mm non-lethal grenades. It may come in shoulder-launched, rifle-attached, and vehicle-mounted variants. The rifle mounted version is nearly similar to the American made M203.

Type 91 UBGL
TypeGrenade launcher
Place of originChina
Service history
Used byChina
Specifications
Cartridge35mm Grenade
Caliber35mm
ActionPump action
Feed systemSingle shot

Variants

Shoulder-Fired

The shoulder-fired launcher is a single-shot, manual-fed, and breech-loading weapon. This weapon would not commonly be carried as a primary weapon but, instead, be used by the breach man, the unit of a team who would carry breach items during an assault.

Rifle-Attached

The rifle-attached variant could be mounted on the underside of either a Type 56, Type 81, or QBZ-95. It is lightweight, compact, breech-loading, and single-shot. It consists of a hand guard, sight, aluminum receiver assembly, barrel stop, and firing mechanism. The weapon could be used by any front-line assault troops in need of a long range explosive.

Vehicle-Mounted

This version of the Type 91 can be mounted on the WZ-551 internal security armored vehicle. It can fire in automatic and semi-automatic modes. The launcher is air-cooled, recoil operated, disintegrating metallic link-belt fed non lethal weapon.

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