abstract:An automatic grenade launcher or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher firing rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine. They can be attached to a tripod.
The XM29 was intended to be ashoulder-fired, semi-automaticgrenade launcher in 20mmcalibreand to incorporateacompact, lightweight 5.56 mm rifle as a back-up weapon.
In the Uruzgan incident on Tuesday afternoon, Australian officials said an Afghan soldier fired on colleagues with an automatic weapon and a grenadelauncher at a patrol base in the Charmestan region, north-east of Tarin Kot.