- Type 91 Grenade Launcher
The Type 91 Grenade Launcher is a
grenade launcher used to launch 30mm non-lethal grenades. It may come in shoulder-launched, rifle-attached, and vehicle-mounted variants.Variants
houlder-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 Type56, Type 81, or Type 95 . It is lightweight, compact, breech-loading, and single-shot. It consists of a
hand guard ,sight , aluminumreceiver assembly ,barrel stop , andfiring 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 securityarmored 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.References
* [http://www.sinodefence.com/army/individual/grenade_91.asp Type 91, 35 Mm Grenade Launcher.] Chinese Defence Today. 2006.
External links
* [http://www.sinodefence.com/|Chinese Defence Today]
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