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M79 grenade launcher
The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War. Because of its distinctive report, it has earned the nicknames of "Thumper", "Thump-Gun", "Bloop Tube", "Big Ed", "Elephant Gun," and "Blooper" among American
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M79 or M-79 may refer to:
- M79 (New York City bus), a New York City Bus route in Manhattan
- Messier 79, a globular cluster in the constellation Lepus
- M79 grenade launcher, an American grenade launcher
- M79 rocket launcher, a Yugoslav rocket launcher
- M-79 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan
- Calder Freeway in Victoria, Australia, designated "M79"
- "M79" (song), a song by Vampire Weekend from