M75 40mm Grenade Launcher
The M75 was a cam-operated, electric motor driven, air-cooled, grenade launcher that had a rate of fire of 215-230 spm. The M75 was used with the chin-mounting M5 armament subsystem used on the UH-1 series "Huey", the M28 used on the AH-1G "Huey" Cobra, and the ACH-47A "Guns-A-Go-Go" . The M75 was classified Standard A. The M75 was replaced by the M129 grenade launcher (over 494 units were built).
Sources and Resources
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/m75.htm
Maintained by Robert Sherman
Originally created by John Pike
Updated Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:27:01 AM
