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[[Category:Weapons]]
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|[[File:Flag_us_new.png|50px]]<br><strong>[[US]]</strong> || [[File:M203.png|512px]]<br><b>[[M203]]</b> || [[File:Weapon m203.svg|512px]] || [[File:Class_Assault.png|50px]] <b>[[Assault]]<br> || 1 / 2 || 125 || 200
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|[[M203]]||[[Grenade Launcher]]||Single Shot||50 RPM||3° & 1° [[ADS]]||Unaffected||60 m/s||230 g (.5 lbs)||7kg (15.43 lbs)||2.266 Seconds
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|Launcher, Grenade, 40mm, M203||40mm grenade||[[USA]]||1969||Colt<br>Many others||12 in (305 mm)||15 in (380 mm)||weapon_m203
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The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone [[M79]] grenade launcher.
<br>For the Grenade Launcher and the rifle goto [[M16A1 M203]]
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=HISTORY=
The M203 was the only part of the [[United States Army]]'s Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) project to go into production. The M203 has been in service since 1969 and was introduced to US military forces during the early 1970s, replacing the [[M79]] grenade launcher and the conceptually similar Colt [[XM148]] design. However, while the M79 was a stand-alone weapon (and usually the primary weapon of troops who carried it), the M203 was designed as an under-barrel device attached to an existing rifle. Because the size and weight of 40 mm ammunition limits the quantities that can be carried, and because a grenade is often not an appropriate weapon for all engagements (such as when the target is at close range or near friendly troops), an under-barrel system has the advantage of allowing its user to also carry a rifle, and to easily switch between the two.
<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M203_grenade_launcher SOURCE]
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File:Loading M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached to an M16 rifle.jpg
File:M203 side.jpg|Side profile of weapon ingame
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