Grenade Launchers

This test operations procedure provides guidance for evaluating the performance of grenade launchers and their attachments, to determine whether they meet criteria specified in requirements documents. This TOP pertains to launchers that are part of the weapon. With slight changes, it applies to launchers designed as attachments to assemble over or onto the muzzle of a rifle, which usually depend on gases from a grenade cartridge fired from a rifle, and to launchers that are an integral part of a rifle, i.e., flash suppressors or raised rings on the forward end of the barrel that serve as guides for positioning and launching grenades. Keywords Bipods, Tripods, Pintles, Vehicle-mounted. grenade launcher, Hand-held grenade launcher.