That was a joke Swamp.

@FireRising *16 gorillion different 556 mags*

Oh Christ please no

That said, everyone has different opinions on how to use grenade launchers, or indeed, rifle grenades, in combat

BTW I used to like taking a basic bitch M4A1 and then grabbing the 100-round saddle drum tracer mags.

And unlike most other things there’s no clear best one, at least as far as we know

My squad never knew how I hosed my targets with so much lead.
But back to rifle nades yeah

Is a dedicated platform worth losing a rifle for?

Is it better to give everyone rifle grenades like the French?

Or is a simple underbarrel the best way to go?

Honestly I'd say the best option is the most cost effective one. What can give your men the most increase in their capabilities without spending on it disproportionately?

Well, probably rifle grenades

What can use the most different loads?

Probably rifle grenades

Underslung launchers probably.

Beyond has

*gas

Yeah, but think about this: you can fit a larger charge to a rifle grenade

At the cost of range

Or have a proper HEAT round

so you say that the most cost effective option is best, yet you advocated using 2 different systems for rolls that can be filled adequately with one

But which is the best one to settle on?

It might turn out that as with all things, there is no easy answer and the best answer may vary greatly by the resources of a country, the locales it might have to fight in, and the place those grenades might have in the doctrines of the army fielding them.

France and Yugoslavia used rifle grenades to very good effect for decades

France still does

they use an anti personell one and a HEAT one

Everyone else has gone between a dedicated platform and an underbarrel several times

Yeah for the FAMAS

But will those work on the 416?

they work on the NATO standard rifle grenade mounting

far as I can tell

This discussion will go nowhere. For now let's agree that this question is probably more complex than any of us have anywhere close to sufficient qualifications to make any meaningful arguments.

worst case they can add a new muzzle device

the only reason you say that is cause you're wrong but ok

Man fuck you

As I said above.

It might turn out that as with all things, there is no easy answer and the best answer may vary greatly by the resources of a country, the locales it might have to fight in, and the place those grenades might have in the doctrines of the army fielding them.

Deadass I don’t think there’s a right answer yet

All of the systems are effective in their own right, it’s not like some other debates

There probably is no true infantry grenade projector master race.

Or at least, not with the current state of affairs.