China Lake 40mm Pump Action Grenade Launcher
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Possibly the coolest small arm used by the United States in the Vietnam War was the China Lake 40mm pump action grenade launcher. Only 24 of these were made, each fitted by hand. Of those, 2 went to MACVSOG, 2 to Army Force Recon, and the remaining 20 the the Navy SEALS. They were used as an ambush initiation weapon, with 4 rounds of rapid-fire 40mm HE grenades available.
Only five original examples survive today; four in US museums and military institutions and one in a museum in Saigon. An effort was made in 2004 to build reproductions, it is one of those used in this video. This project was not ultimately successful, but did lead to a very interesting series of events with the Airtronic company and the US Marine Corps, which will be detailed in a following video. Special thanks to Dutch Hillenburg and Kevin Dockery for making this video possible!
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For shotguns, people always discuss between 12 gauge and 20 gauge, whereas the only reasonable answer is 40mm.
What about 8 gauge?
This can't fire buckshoot sadly. Althought there might be timed fuse stuff yo blow stuff behind cover nowadays 🤔
@@grate9 4 gauge wall gun from the hip!
You would be better off with a 410.
@@juanordonezgalban2278 The m203 does with an aluminum tube. They're anti-personnel rounds. I've personally fired one, and will say that they're a lot rougher on your shoulder than a 12 gauge. I assume the m-79 had similar rounds.
“No it doesn’t slam fire. I know people are going to ask”
He knows us too well.
To Gun Jesus we are an open book.
Bless us all!
Bet at least one special forces guy tried to modify it to slam fire
Follow up question. Does it have a bayonet lug?
@@pneumaticpanther these are the questions we need answers to
@@anthonywilliams379 I mean you gotta know they did right?
"But getting the China Lake? That's not the hard part.
It's letting go."
Ah yes Dead money.
40mm grenade launcher
Holorifle is my baby
That dlc is all about letting go.... the Sierra Madre letting go of it’s 37 gold bars that is
@@4skintim962 naw, just place all the bars at the door near the elevator .
I could not imagine the abject horror of being in a firefight, in the Vietnamese jungle, and your grenade launcher suddenly coming apart in two pieces in your own hands.
Yeaahh... they really should have made that trigger guard out of a sturdier material given the design. Or had a secondary retaining mechanism.
TheGlacier Make it out of steel. Who cares if the gun is two ounces heavier?
@@FS2K4Pilot - Or Steel and aluminum, a mixture. Having it all aluminum worries me, not only is it flexible and prone to bending. It doesn't have a long service life.
*Trees start laughing at your misfortune*
True, but not nearly as horrifying as being on the receiving end of those first few rounds.
Ian “It does not slam fire”
The entire audience “yeah but what if it did...”
"Be a lot cooler if it did."
Just as long it doesn't jam in a way it accidentally trigger the grenade in a way that could end badly 😅😅😅😅
Pocket artillery
@@anna_arw6006 is that a Dazed and Confused reference? 😅
insert matthew mcconaughey's be a lot cooler if you did gif.
The disappointment in his voice, "they're grenades, just use the trigger"
More like the voice of resentful reason... 😅
He sounds sad that he had to say that lmao
He is just making sure you know it is not a toy and should only be used for its intended purpose. It is a tool. A quite cool tool !
it sounded more like the tone of "guys, its a grenade launcher, you dont wanna be slam firing something that blows up"
That jab at Sons of Guns too 😂
"It does not slamfire."
"Just pull the trigger each time."
I know good and damn well slamfiring this thing is a bad idea. I want to do it anyway.
Let the vietnamese trees taste some slam fired grenades oh yeah!!!
It's nice to have the option...
you wake up in a hospital to find your arms amputated
@@whytho2109 But luckily you have been hand picked (pun intended) to enter a program for some high tech cybernetic augmentation. Cybernam 1967. China Lake arm augmentation? Yeah we got those too.
@@whytho2109 and legs
TIL that Specialist Zach is just as qualified as a god damn SEAL with 40mm grenade launchers. Never underestimate the determination of a small arms repairman with nothing to do
A man of culture I see
Nice freaking reference
Yes Mikeburnfire fans unite
@@gmailquinn "I wanted a grenade launcher, so I had a grenade launcher."
We stan specialist Zach
*Racks a grenade, bottom half of the gun falls off*
"Well, that's inconvenient."
"Just throw them manually."
Whether they explode afterwards is a different issue.
@@justiron2999 apparently the Germans would shout "Grenade!" And throw empty mags. While everyone was diving for cover you'd have time to reload. Like that but with slightly more confusion?
@@kentlindal5422 Funny enough so would the Americans if they M1 Garands. Since they made the distinctive ping everyone would know that they were out of ammo. So they threw the empty bandolier to lull Germans into a false sense of advantage.
Pull the trigger anyway o.o
Either nothing happens or it fires, either way you are in combat and dont have a lot of options o.o
@@justiron2999 That ping myth has been debunked several times, no one would hear your gun ping when there's explosions and gunfire all around.
4:52: The tone of Ian's voice saying "just pull the trigger" made me imagine he suddenly started channeling the ghost of some poor ordinance officer from the 1970s.
When he said "just pull the trigger" I immediately thought of the song pull the trigger by Russ
Any Ordnance Officer from any time period. Any. Time. Period.
"Troop, just read the TM, OK?"
@@Marksman1023 TM?
@@wanderingwonder111 Technical Manual/Training Manual/etc depending on the service.
"The TM" is the little book issued with a weapon, vehicle, radio, or other piece of equipment containing all relevant data on and procedures for the use of said item.
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men” - JFK rallying the troops to fight the Zombie outbreak
On five
"Time to kill some hippies. "
Nixon
@@Sovietghostdivision - Nixon hated the hippies so much he created the DEA to deal with them. They first went after pot mainly and LSD. Then the crack explosion in the 1980s made pot and LSD less of a priority. They actually had undercover agents going into high schools to bust pot and acid dealers. Ala 21 jump street.
F I V E
Ian: "seriously, just pull the trigger every time."
Mk19: No *CHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNK*
Hehe Belt fed 40mm FTW.
Mk19: CUNCHCUNCHCUNCHCUNCH*jam*
@@ajhewitt8405 The plot thickens: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_47_Striker
@@WildBillCox13 MK19 on steadycam hardness with power armour suit FTW.
CUNKjamCHUNKCHUNKjam
“Reported being able to empty the entire tube before the first Grenade hit the ground”
Just straight up terrifying... where do I get one?
Honestly at enough range that's entirely feasable. H3VR (virtual reality firearms simulator that has great shooting mechanics) has one of these and it just makes bloopin' enemies so easy.
What you want is the belt-fed full auto version
Obviously it needs a “snow goose” magazine extension.
The Milkor could also do this, which is why they are still very popular. th-cam.com/video/BRb2iFkwDC4/w-d-xo.html
Have an assistant gunner next to you with rounds in his hands. Put 7 or 10 rounds in the target area in a very short time. (Assuming 4 in the weapon initially.) What's left of the enemy won't have much in the way of situational awareness.
“It does not slamfire, I know people are gonna ask this”
“Just pull the trigger every time. They’re grenades. Pull the trigger every time”
Ian, you are a blessing.
He sounded so disappointed in us when he said it too 😂😂
@@v1_rotate638 true but imagine, what if it did slamfire... just saying
@@foxtrotdelta225 would be pretty cool 🤷🏻♂️
A wise wisdom from Gun Jesus 🤣😂.
Probably why the SEAL was able to empty the mag before the first shot hit the ground.
I hadn't realised how large it was from photos I'd seen previously.
Its scale and proportions are a little comical, like something Hellboy would have in his arsenal!
That's what she said.
Knowing Hellboy it would fire solid shot slugs AND WOULD BE BADASS!!!
@@ryangoepfert9112 or the bones of St Roque, or pieces of the Temple of Herod or some other outrageous bullshit.
To me it looked like a Metal Slug weapon.
@@VCXZ883 Absolutely! Good shout.
"It does not slam fire."
Well *someone* hasn't play Fallout: New Vegas recently.
It's slam fire in FNV?
@LOAN NGUYEN With enough perks, chems and skill points you can slam fire ANYTHING.
@LOAN NGUYEN well if you slam it off someone's head hard enough there might be enough heat energy to make it catch fire
@LOAN NGUYEN still slam firing lol technically
@LOAN NGUYEN A slam was involved, and that's the main thing.
I like how you can tell Ian's throwing slight shade to "Sons of Guns"
im shocked the tube of this thing wasnt packed with meth
Isn't that the show where the owner went to prison for raping his daughter?
@@wewd yes.
Yeah. We were talking about that show at work the other day and we're like. Damn. What happened. Well we looked and now we know 😂😂😂
It seems like the cast from all of the Discovery/history channel gun shows had done something illegal.
Got Ian over here sounding like a disappointed dad telling the fools he knows are about to think about slam firing one of these “They’re grenades...just...pull the trigger every time...”
Okay... They have a 40mm in break over, pump, and revolver... Where is the lever action!?
Nah, belt-fed 40mm is where it's at.
@@thatguy.9886 Right now I imagine a machine gun that is also an granade launcher.
Machine Grenade Gun
*Over Kill is achieved*
@@temkin9298 just google automatic grenade launcher, every army has one as far as I know
@@temkin9298 Look up the MK19
@@halo7oo Just did and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT.
"fire a warning shot!" "Sir, this is a 40 mm Grenade launcher." "YOU HEARD ME!"
"Eh, potato, potato, just fire!"
This would cause what your buddy nick would call "a significant emotional event"
Yeah @4:25 or so moment especially
As a fellow Nick, I can attest to the truth of that statement. We Nicks are simple folk, easily entertained.
@@Stoicswimfish Hey Nick, Nick here. Sounds about right to me
@@Stoicswimfish My brother in laws name is Nick. I can attest that he is a simple man.
@@Stoicswimfish Nick to Nick, I can confirm
THAT's how you thank a man for flying you out of hell: you give him your most prized possession.
"This kept me safe. I hope it does the same for you."
*You give him something belonging to the Navy ;)
@@lavrentivs9891 Porque no los dos?
"It's dangerous to go alone, take this"
Armory: "So, do you want a grenade launcher or a shotgun?"
Soldier: "Yes"
well there were actual 40mm buckshot rounds sooooooo......
Finally, someone who understands that this meme requires a multiple choice question
Soldier: “it’s great. I love it. Now swap that stock out with a pistol grip and put a rail on the top so I can put it on the underbarrel.”
Good morning. Enjoyed your production on the M-79, Thumper. During the secret war in Vietnam, we cut down the M-79 for additional firepower that all the Green Berets on missions across the fence in Laos, Cambodia or N. Vietnam. We also used them to aim strobe lights at Spectre aircraft close air support. Enjoyed your presentation. Also, we had the very first experimental pump M-79s. John S. Meyer, Franklin, TN.
Tilt?
@@robertupson5274 - Yes sir.
@@johnmeyer2932 I just listened to all of your episodes on Jocko’s podcast. You had some insanely fascinating and unbelievably wild stories and experiences, I can’t wait to check out your books, man!
John, huge fan of your SogCast, I've listened to every episode. I once had the pleasure of meeting a man who served on a hatchet team in "project Delta". Very nice and humble guy. I found an interview with him here: th-cam.com/video/BqjfjSqyBqs/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your service, sir. 🙌🏻🇺🇸
“... shoot it from the hip, by feel, quite accurately.” More evidence that “close does count” in hand grenade horseshoes.
Close only counts in hotdogs, horseshoes and hand grenades.
@@JunkyardBashSteve and nuclear warheads.
@@JayWC3333 one could argue that a nuclear warhead is just a very, *very* angry hand grenade
@@JunkyardBashSteve Then you could argue a horse shoe is an angry hot dog too. LOL
Well, yeah, I mean you've got a five meter kill radius with a ten meter wound radius. Drop three rounds in a tight grouping and, well, "that's a lot of damage!"
"That was done by the cast of Sons of Guns-"
_Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time..._
Happily he's in jail, where he can no longer rape kids or butcher historic firearms.
@@MrWigglesWorth huh?? Thats what happened
@@blus17 I boiled down Wikipedia.
"On August 11, 2014, Hayden was arrested and charged with molestation of a juvenile and aggravated crimes against nature." "On August 27, 2014, the series was abruptly cancelled after it was revealed that child endangerment, child rape, and abuse charges were brought against Will Hayden""In September Hayden's eldest daughter, business partner, and 'Sons of Guns' co-star, Stephanie Hayden, changed her claims from that of defending her father to accusing him of also raping and abusing her as a child."'Hayden has now been sentenced to three life sentences plus 40 years"
"Since the cancellation of the show, Kris Ford (guy that was hired by Will and eventually married Stephanie)was arrested on child abuse charges and for assault on a minor. Stephanie Hayden-Ford, who is the mother of the child from a previous relationship, was also arrested for assault charges on Friday October 17, 2014."
Whole group was some kind of screwed up. And that was five years after they shut down by the ATF for missing registered firearm parts. Red Jacket Inc was shut down in 2009, Red Jacket L.L.C. was opened shortly after.
@@colemanmoore9871 Yikes. That show did have a weird vibe, now I know why.
One of the guys that was on Sons Of Guns went on to found Aklys Defense, he’s making some very interesting suppressed firearms and even has a 10/22 bullpup conversion chassis.
When that squirrel in your front yard absolutely, positively, definitely must go
I made Ian in Fallout 4 as an excuse to collect and display every gun I saw.
Update: Ian is so bugged out that it literally broke my game and I kid you not, my disk will not even read. Maybe the world of Fallout is not ready for Ian McCallum.
Medical Milk it was the facial hair the game couldn't render it successfully
@@neilyb5012 probably
@@loganpeterson8341 "what we have here today is a low quality pipe rifle with a bayonet I found off a dead raider 20 minutes ago"
Lol, just a few days ago, I got a mod that puts the china 40mm in the game.
"It doesn't slam fire, just pull the trigger every time" For some reason im making a mental note for a gun ill surely never own.
Based on 870...
Doesn’t slam fire...
Does an 870 slam fire? Hmmmmm
@@lanceroark6386 I don't believe so, no. The Ithaca 37 shotguns used in Vietnam by similar special operations forces did, however. I don't think those were ever official inventory either though.
@@CxOrillion copy
"A bunch of burly SEALs loaded with explosives..."
I immediately thought of a family of wild seals covered in bandoliers of 40mm and trying to pick up China Lakes.
The real reason humans don't colonize the north.
They can (kind of) pick things up with the claws at the end of the flippers, but sadly (and luckily) not a 40mm grenade launcher.
@@butterdogestarwars6709
North cape seal: Hold my fish
Make this a reality some how, put it in a meme, a book, a movie, use real seals, anything. Make it happen. Please
it's a shame how this thing never made it to widespread production, it's such a stylish and effective firearm
Everybody thats played New Vegas just went, "Ohhhhhhhh thats what that gun was."
I was so hoping to hear Ian say "lets take this out on to the range"
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Shame.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Navy MR . ' Hold my coffee mug . '
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine nothing a few beers and a tig welder can't fix!
But i won't be the first to shoot it, lmao.
i read this in the same way i would, "lets get this out onto a tray" nice
@@ivgotballsofsteel4048 I’m glad someone made that link!
When Ithaca and M79 have a One Night Stand in the 60s
Technically it's a one night stand between Remington and M79, but I guess Ithaca used a false name when they checked into the motel . . .
@@fruitbat4429 I don't remember 870 was used in field in large numbers so I pick Ithaca, Ambi, User Friendly, and WWII proven
@Juan Sanchez yeah sure
Ian: “Just pull the trigger every time. You don’t want it to slam fire.....”
Me: “No.”
"This here is my BOOM stick!"
Bet one of these is locked up in some crazy old mans basement.
Ah yes, the "Click, Click, Bloop" Tube.
Click click noob tube
@@sleepyrasta14820 Pro Pipe.
We used to call the M203 the "Thump Gun" when I was in.
"Should I audibly rack the slide to scare off a home invader?"
"Shotguns are scary but you should not give your position away."
"It's not a shotgun."
@@DamazViccar Can't steal what is blown to bits! 4d chess move to destroy your house and everything in it when a burglar is in your house
Welp, time to go play Kino.
Nice seeing you here
Damn
@@CountGold M14
Oh hi ww2 shit poster.
Jk love your vids dude
so what we gonna play now
Allegedly, at least one wound up with the South American Lovelace household for use by one of their maids.
Well, that one probably fell out of the MACV-SOG guys, too.
*racks grenade launcher**
Me "Could you slam fire that sucker?"
Ian "It does not slam fire, I know people are gonna ask that"
Me "aaaagh c'mon"
Ian ".... Just pull the trigger everytime, they're grenades just pull the trigger everytime"
Me "Fine"
"they're grenades,just pull the trigger every time"
How about.....no?
Gun jesus has spoken.
If you cant slam fire a couple of 40 mike mikes, can you really say you are Free?
Lesson One: NEVER loan Expensive and Rare guns to a damn TV show. They have no respect for them.
Dang straight. Those exotic guns deserves much better treatments.
Well i think the future weapons guy ( the one who died ) was able to work with exotic firearms without breaking them, or raping his daughter, so no not all tv hosts 😂
@@BillehBobJoe Mac died? That sucks!
Or have them sign a clause to say they'll pay the cost of repairs to any significant damage they cause
@@cjmunnee3356 According to his Wiki, it was brain cancer. Feels like a part of my childhood watching the military channel at 6am, just died.
"Shame" *loads 40mm pump action grenade launcher*
My first introduction to the CL was call of duty. I've always considered myself a gun buff and was shamed that I'd never known anything about this until then. Damn cool video as usual.
"They're grenades" is the best explanation as to why you shouldn't attempt whatever questionable action you are about to perform with a grenade. Nothing more should need to be said.
"As soon as you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend"
I remember hearing a story from a friend who carried an M203 who had a chucklefuck toss a 40mm to him softball style from the roof of a 2 story building. As he put it "In theory a 40mm shouldn't arm from the spin and velocity of being tossed, but fuck if I was going to stand there and test that theory." He and everyone near him dove for cover, the grenade thumped into the ground harmlessly, and the idiot was confused, at least until the sargent got to him for his epic ass-chewing.
@@jrobson100 - Ass chewing deservedly so.
The clay pigeons never stood a chance.
Need a airburst variant for the clay shooting....
Imagine using this with one of the 40mm canister or flechete rounds.
or the car in a parking lot 200m behind your clay pidgeon range :D
Could you imagine being a GI in 1967 and running around the jungle with one of these chonkers and a 1911? My god what a beast.
I love that you understand people's thoughts so well that as i was thinking about slam fire you literally mentioned it. Just pull the damn trigger every time lol. You're a legend Ian.
Very polite “sons of guns” burn
oh god. remember that show?! Just thinking about it almost made me throw up.
kinder than Hayden deserves.
When did he do that?
@@johnbacon4997 9:15 in the video when talking about the broken locking block.
Didn't one of those guys go to prison for sexually abusing his daughter or was that another gun show?
"Pump shotguns are the best!"
"Hey chum, have you ever tried a pump grenade launcher?"
With the way the elevator functions it looks like you could "ghost load" a 5th 40mm grenade, it's a wonder these didn't become more relevant.
"That was helpfully done by the cast of Sons of Guns"
A N G E R Y
They should fix the thing...not cool...
That show still haunts Ian to this day...
Angry*
@Billy Jack I figured as much
@@JayWC3333 kind of hard since the ATF shut them down for loosing registered parts and the owner is serving two life sentences for rape.
Like we needed another reason to dislike Sons of Guns
Lester The Molester 's Discount Gun Destruction Warehouse? How could anyone really dislike them?
I guess there were a few things which he couldn't claim had "neva been dun befoe."
Everyone's commenting on the 'slam fire' comment, while I'm simply drooling over my favorite Fallout franchise nade launcher. :3
Given the number you find in game, they were probably mass produced in the Fallout universe. Badass
"We've made a grenade launcher with a capacity of 4 grenades!"
"Excellent! I see you chose to model it after a revolver... wait, I see 6 chambers, don't you mean it can hold 6 grenades?"
"No."
If you’re referring to the TF2 grenade launcher, I believe that it originally did have 6 grenades with 36 in reserve.
Then promptly discovered how overpowered and broken that was, so cut down the capacity to 4 and the reloads to 16.
I liked this for the Indiana Jones Warehouse comment, Ian..
Ian , you should go , .... shurely you will find MANY forgotten weapons there....¡¡¡
Ian: "Hey guys, today we have the Ark Of The Covenant, a truly forgotten weapon. Let's disassemble it and see how it works...."
Us: NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
@@danmanmcleod Ian already has the Ark in his possession, he uses it to store the Holy Trinity.
@@danmanmcleod Ian: "It's beautiful! ARRUGHGH"
@@sniper59jl but don't look at the light
"there's a batman logo on this grenade launcher but you'll never guess where"
Where lol?
@@chrisj5036
9:36
@@emperorbunnybun7513 lol thanks I was thinking I was the joke and there wasn't one .
As someone who has a love for shotguns, I wish I owned one of those. No words can express how much I wish I owned one of those.
I feel like I would rather have this than the revolving chamber of the modern grenade launchers
Yes, the 6rd cylinder is wide enough, the 12rd is absurd.
This video should be titled “M79 but cooler”
It's like the m79's chad brother who lettered in 3 sports
I always called it the M79 China Lake
"M79, but Total Bad-assery"
Pretty sad that this China Lake is one more victim to those hacks who did that Sons of Guns TV show.
This one broken part doesn't looks like it would be too hard to machine anew.
Luckily its a repro
4:25 "It does not slam fire, I know people are going to ask that."
He must also know I'm still immeasurably disappointed at the 40mm grenade launcher's lack of slam fire.
I nearly expected him to say "Let me show you its features!" IYKYK
Everyone's laughing until Father Elijah turns one of these in to a HoloRifle...
Fallout NV reference. Nice.
Truth is it was a holorifle from the start
My thoughts exactly!!!
Goddamnit I just finish the dlc 2 minutes ago
Father Elijah can go and stare the wall of Sierra Madre for all eternity. That's what you get for bomb collar and threatened to blow up people unless they do his bidding.
9:20 tragically this is not the worst thing sons of guns ever did.
Yeah it’s just a little rapeyish. I still want it though. I’d kill will for it.
Will Hayden received 3 life sentences for his crimes.
True. Pretty sure the whole "incest" thing takes the cake.
Yea that one kinda triggered me. I'm curious to know who and how it broke tho?
They were hacks, on top of the incest stuff...
My 203 had the quadrant sight on the carry handle, off the left side. The flip-up sight on the barrel-front was called a leaf sight.
1:30 'it was really bulky and huge and a failure'
Sounds like he's describing me
Laughing .... but also crying inside
Or your mother-in-law
“The numbers Mason, what do they mean”
I was not fast enough.
“Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner. All must die.”
We are getting old.
I wonder if in real life reloading is faster than the pump action
@@Dylski. lol
This looks like something doomslayer would carry as a default weapon
Fallout NV's courier uses em infact one is the main energy weapon of the dead money dlc. its been converted to a sniper in that case though.
@@hexazalea1793 i was wondering why this thing was looking similar, turns out its the goddamn holorifle
Well the 2016 and Eternal Combat Shotgun does double as noob tubes so yes
In concept, the sticky bomb mod for the Combat Shotgun in DOOM Eternal isn’t all that different, minus the fact that this wasn’t used with timed, adhesive grenades.
There is no greater gift than a pump action 40mm grenade launcher
Has anyone else ever heard John Stryker Meyer’s podcast appearance where he tells a story about one of his SOG team members was carrying what he referred to as “a pump action m79” on target. China Lake is Navy thing, specifically a SEAL thing, but SEALs were also involved in SOG operations. I really wonder if Tilt’s fellow green beret had one of these that day.
“They’re grenades. Just pull the trigger every time.” 🤣 I’m dying.
I remember hearing a SEAL describe their Vietnam style of fighting. Each SEAL would put as much lead down range as possible. They wanted the enemy to believe they were up against a large collection of troops so they would not attempt to maneuver on them. And they could slip out in the chaos.
The video then cut to 3 SEALS moving with m60s and shoulder firing them causing mayhem. It was kind of beautiful.
“Just pull the trigger every time. They’re grenades...” 😂
"'Ey, Leonard, you got that Mossberg layin' around your place still?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Reckon we could shoot fireworks outta it?"
"..."
"Shotgun or grenade launcher ?"
'Murica : *"Yes"*
"Heavy or Demo update?"
'Demo: "Yes"
So if you load it with "beehive/hornet's nest" rounds, does it circle back around to being a shotgun again?
"This was done by the cast of Sons of Guns TV show." Someone get Mark Novak on the line! We got one hell of a Anvil episode for him to do!
I'm pretty sure that any halfway competent machinist could fab that piece.
Damaging Serial 01 of the China Lake might be the worst crime any of the former Sons of Guns cast has committed, and that’s fucking saying something. 🙄
@@calebsyswerda It's not an original, it's serial number 01 of a run of reproductions.
@@calebsyswerda rape, child abuse, sexual assault on a 12 year old... yeah, I guess a broken piece of metal on a reproduction is pretty bad though, huh? 😂
You mentioned that gunner could get third round fired before first one hit target.Believe it or not we were once able to do that with the M79.Took some work with someone else handing gunner the loads,plus firing at max range on a safe firing range,but we did it.First round hit just as third round was fried
I think this grenade launcher epitomizes the concept of a "Forgotten Weapon", and a rather cool one, at that. Thanks, Ian.
this looks like something hellboy would definitely use
But he'd use the pistol version, one in each hand.
Don't wake the Baby
"that sure is a nice fortified position you got there, it'd be a real shame if something were to happen to it."
Little known fact. This model was a favorite of many Colombian maids
Man of culture
*Mini Colombian maids.
This is my dream gun. I love the idea of using the anti-personnel rounds out of this. It's awesome. I LOVE that its basically a short 870 that is VERY UPSIZED. As someone who loves shotguns and loves running shotgun drills I'd LOVE to run this on a range haha.
Been waiting for this one for so long :D .
Is that the real forgotten keyboards?
Aw fuck, didn't expect to see you here tom.
@@Crimsaur I even referenced his intro in one of my videos xD . Ian is basically what I'd have been if I'd grown up in the US :p .
Holy crap
Me as well
Haha! Sons of guns! What a shame. Doesnt surprise me they broke it. They were probably trying to build a suppressor for it lol.
Didn't they have a full CNC shop? What dicks, not replacing a simple aluminum part they broke.
@@Etherman7 he was too busy staring up his daughters dress to fix it. Freakin sicko!
@@Skankhunter420 Will Hayden received 3 life sentences for his crimes. Disgusting man.
I need a lazer and flashlight first, maybe a scope.
@@Etherman7 I'd mill out a full steel replacement, since the aluminum one broke.
China Lake is a cool place, friend of mine worked there in 60'/70's, the fusing section had 140 engineers.
In the moment I read Pump action Grenade Launcher... I knew it would be something that looked fun and that I'd like to see it in a game
Haven't heard about Sons of Guns in many a year. It was a neat concept for a show. Too bad about all the kid diddling, though...
It doesn't surprise me that the only time the show Sons of Guns is brought up in 2020 is in reference to them breaking a historically important grenade launcher lmao
Having never watched the show, what happened with them and the China Lake
@@MandolinMagi ya know i tried looking it up and I couldn't find any info on the gun itself, however the show had a really dark ending. It was a goofy show about making weird gun ideas (like quad mounted ARs on a truck for no reason, that type of thing). But the lead host of the show was arrested back in 2017. He had been found guilty of raping two little girls aged 11 to 13 and was convicted to 40 years on top of a double life sentence. It was really surprising when it happened obviously, but it was very upsetting because he hosted the show with his adult daughter, who came forward and divulged terrible details about the man her father was. Overall a very wildly dramatic ending to a generally boring show.
"Never see outside of a computer game." It's a weapon in the later "Uncharted" series. They give it a drum mag for whatever reason and I'd definitely never heard of it before. Thought it was awesome, though.
" This is high explosive, as much as possible as fast as possible" Never heard that thing described better anywhere before XD
Oooo, them new vegas memories
The 25mm APW innit?
@@ArcturusOTE Nope. It was the grenade launcher. Good ol' blooper was the grenade rifle. also this shows up as the holo rifle in the dead money dlc.
@@ArcturusOTE Not quite, that's even another one. This one was just called "grenade launcher" as opposed to the regular M79 which was called "grenade rifle"
It was also the template for the holorifle
When I got this assignment I was hoping there would be more gambling
SEALS: we need to combine the two most devastating weapons we have; the shotgun and the grenade launcher
China Lake: *say no more*
Were 40mm grenades ever manufactured with a cluster or MIRV payload?
@@MurcuryEntertainment I'm not sure, but they have the M576 40 mm buckshot load for use in the M79. It would transform the China Lake grenade launcher into a shotgun on steroids😎
@@Spike-13 Im having exactly this idea for the game im working on lol
@@MurcuryEntertainment i mean, how the hell would you make each payload individually targetable is something so small
@@Spike-13 the M576 is surprisingly weak as a buckshot round, it's equal to a 20ga in pellet count and velocity.
every time I got the china lake grenade launcher in BO1 zombies and since it was an explosive weapon, it'd damage you if you were close to the explosion (if you are the user). it does work effectively from far away because you can kill a lot of zombies with one entire "mag" (2 shots). EXTREMELY effective in the campaign though, kills a lot of enemies.
+20 dammage vs buildings
+25% projectile speed
-25% clip size
-25% explosion radius
launched bombs shatter on surfaces
One of these is on display in the Saigon War Museum, but when I had a look at it, it was still labelled as the M79 Grenade Launcher. It was really exciting to see it knowing that so few originals are out there.
Forgotten weapons:China lake
Me: “bo1 flashback”
Same.
@@kaito.h4057 Fallout New Vegas aswell.
“ Plans for the design buried in the Indiana Jones warehouse. “ 😂😂 gold
I like when very unique weapons have equally unique names
The perfect companion for a Space Marine Scout or a Catachan Jungle Fighter.
Sly Marbo approves.
FOH THE EMPRAH