What is this?

[saltydude]

I was engaged in a completely unrelated photo search when I came across this....

WTF is it? Some photo shopped joke or something else?

 

[atmay]

Looks like the HK 40mm grenade launcher in a stock. They usually go under the barrel like an M203, but also can be set up to stand alone.

 

[CRSIII]

One of those things nobody needs?

 

[KMM696]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M320_Grenade_Launcher_Module

 

[saltydude]

Yup that's it. Weird looking. Thanks.

 

[familyman15]

Would be funny if it was a camera

 

[Glockster30]

Looks weird mounted on a M4.

 

[gearwhore14]

Looks weird but way better than the 203. Little awkward for clearing rooms though. Lotta guys carry it unmounted by rigging a sling or strapping it to an assault pack.

 

[spcantwell]

"In 2004, the Army announced a requirement for a commercial off-the-shelf 40 mm grenade launcher."
wait, does this mean I can buy it retail?

 

[atmay]

"In 2004, the Army announced a requirement for a commercial off-the-shelf 40 mm grenade launcher."
wait, does this mean I can buy it retail?

HK likely wouldn't sell it to you, but with the correct tax stamp, it's legal to own. They're destructive devices under NFA34.

ETA: COTS refers to items already developed as sold that happen to meet the requirements. The Army didn't want to develop it in-house, or have a contract out for R&D, basically.

 

[GaryO]

 

[devo86]

Ya'll have really never seen the 320. They had those in the army for a couple of years already when I first went in. You can mount like a traditional 203 or use them independently. I liked em as a m4 with a 203 was always a little much for the rifle and didn't promote accurate shots.