M203 grenade launcher

NOTE: In some movies and TV shows, the 37mm Colt Flare Launcher is used to impersonate the M203. For a list of ways to tell the two launchers apart, visit the Colt Flare Launcher page.

The M203 grenade launcher (often mounted on a variant of the M16 rifle) has been used by the following actors in the following films, television series, and video games:

M203 grenade launcher 40mm

Film

• Ewan McGregor as SPC Grimes in Black Hawk Down (mounted on M16A2)

• Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (mounted on M16A1)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cane in End of Days (mounted on MP5A3)

• "The Ivans" in xXx (mounted on an AK-103 and a stand-alone model)

• Peter Sarsgaard as Troy and Brian Geraghty as Fergus in Jarhead (mounted on M16A2)

• General George Dekert's men and Ice Cube as Darius Stone in xXx: State of the Union (mounted on H&K XM8 and a stand-alone model, respectively)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator (mounted on M16A1)

• U.S. Army soldiers in The Siege (mounted on M16A2)

• Tom Jane as Frank Castle in The Punisher (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Ramon Franco as Aponte in Heartbreak Ridge (mounted on M16A1)

• Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled

• Reciprocity team member in Clear and Present Danger (mounted on M16A2)

• U.S. Army soldiers in War of the Worlds (2005)(mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• U.S. Army Rangers in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (mounted on M16A1)

• Rose McGowan as cherry Darling in Planet Terror (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Elliott Carver's henchmen and Götz Otto as Robert Stamper in Tomorrow Never Dies (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine, respectively)

• Danny Glover as Lt. Mike Harrigan in Predator 2 (mounted on Colt Commando carbine)

• Jake La Botz as Reese in Rambo (mounted on M4A1 carbine with camo paint scheme)

Television

• Luke MacFarlane as Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy in Over There (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Christopher Judge as Teal'c in Stargate SG-1 (mounted on GAU-5A/A)

• U.S. Army soldiers in the Unit (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine)

• Ross Kemp as Henry Garvie in Ultimate Force

• U.S.M.C. soldiers in Generation Kill

Video Games

• The World Is Not Enough (as the "Mustang MAR-4 GL", mounted on Colt Commando carbine)

• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (mounted on FAMAS rifles, loaded with ring airfoil projectiles)

• ArmA: Armed Assault (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (mounted on SIG SG 550, SA80, H&K G36, and LR-300 rilfes)

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (mounted on M4A1 carbine and M16A4 and on H&K G36C, Heckler & Koch G3, M14 rifles in multiplayer)

• Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Back to Baghdad (mounted on M16A2)

• Soldier of Fortune: Payback (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helix (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Ghost Recon (mounted on M16A2)

• U.S. Army Soldiers in Combat Mission: Shock force (mounted on M4A1 carbine)