U.S. Infantryman with Grenade Launcher 1944-45 1/30 Figure - William Britain 25305
Features
- Figure is approximately 2.5 tall
- All metal construction
- Hand painted and ready for display
During WWII the U.S. Army used a series of grenade projection adapters that converted hand-grenades into rifle grenades. For the M1 Garand the device was designated as the M7. This hollow-tubed muzzle adapter could throw a standard Mk 2 grenade up to 220 yards compared with the maximum of 33 yards when it was thrown by hand. To launch a grenade a special high-powered blank cartridge was chambered in the rifle. Once the device was fixed to a blank-loaded rifle it could fire fragmentation anti-tank and smoke grenades as well as pyrotechnic signals. One to three M7 grenade launchers were issued to each rifle squad depending on the period of the war.
