M203 grenade launcher

NOTE: In some movies and TV shows, the Cobray 37mm Launcher is used to impersonate the M203. For a list of ways to tell the two launchers apart, visit the Cobray 37mm 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 - 40x46mm.

LMT M203 grenade launcher with 12" barrel - 40x46mm

RM Equipment M203PI - 40x46mm

M203 40mm grenade launcher mounted on a M16A2 rifle (5.56x45mm)

Knights Armament Co. Stand Alone M203 Launcher Platform with Type 1 Telescoping Stock - 40x46mm

Film

• A-Team, The (2010) (Sgt. Bosco "BA" Baracas (Quinton Jackson) uses one the Frankfurt shootout.)

• The General's Daughter

• My Science Project (1985)

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

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

• Jean Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveroux in Universal Soldier: The Return (mounted on M16A2)

• John Castle as Paul McDaggart in RoboCop 3 (mounted on XM177E2)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cane in End of Days (RM Equipment M203PI mounted on a Heckler & Koch MP5A3)

• Martin Hub as Ivan Podrov in XXX (mounted on AK-103)

• Radek Tomecka as Ivan Pedgrag in XXX (stand-alone version)

• U.S. Marines Peter Sarsgaard as Alan Troy in Jarhead (mounted on M16A2)

• General George Dekert's men and Ice Cube as Darius Stone in XXX2: State of the Union (mounted on Heckler & Koch XM8 and a stand-alone model, respectively)

• Double Impact (Mounted on a Colt Commando carbine)

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

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

• Mounted on M4A1 rifles in 2009: Lost Memories

• Thomas 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 (mounted on M16A1)

• 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)

• Eamonn Walker as Ellis "Zee" Pettigrew and Paul Francis as Daniel "Doc" Kelley in Tears of the Sun (mounted on M4A1 carbines)

• U.S. Special Forces personnel in Transformers (mounted on M4A1 carbines with camo paint scheme)

• Hulk (mounted on M249 Paratrooper SAW)

• U.S. Marines in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (mounted on M16A1)

• Australian SAS troopers in The Odd Angry Shot

• U.S. Marines in The Sum of All Fears (mounted on M4A1 carbine and M16A2 rifle)

• Ramon Cota's men in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (mounted on (mounted on XM177E2)

• William Forsythe as Sgt. Buck Atwater in Extreme Prejudice (mounted on M16)

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Mail Call	U.S Marines		Mounted on M16A2s	2002 - 2009
Red Cap		British SAS Troopers	Mounted on M16A2s	2003 - 2004
Over There	Luke MacFarlane	Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy	Mounted on M4	2005
The Unit	Dennis Haysbert	Command Sgt. Major Jonas Blane	Mounted on an M4	2006 - 2009
	Max Martini	Master Sgt. Mack Gerhardt	M203A1 mounted on an M4
		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on M16A2s, M203A1s mounted on M4s
Generation Kill		U.S. Marines	Mounted on M4s and M16A2s	2008

• Mounted on M16A2 rifles used by U.S. Marines and R. Lee Ermy on Mail Call.

Anime

Character	Title	Note	Date
Bondo	Elfen Lied	Mounted on Heckler & Koch MP5A4	2004
Commandos	Black Magic M-66	Mounted on M16A1 rifles	1987
Sousuke	Full Metal Panic?: Fumoffu	Mounted on M16 rifle	2003
Manami	Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Mounted on M16A1 rifle	2010
Ishikawa	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Howa Type 89	2004 - 2005
Hideo Kuze	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Howa Type 89	2004 - 2005
A.E. soldiers	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Colt Model 933 carbines	2004 - 2005
British Army soldiers	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on L85A2 rifles	2004 - 2005

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Half-Life		Firing HE rounds	Mounted on H&K MP5A3 and Colt Model 727	1998
Parasite Eve II			Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2000
Delta Force: Land Warrior	M203PI		Mounted on Steyr AUG	2000
007: The World Is Not Enough	"Mustang MAR-4 GL"		Mounted on Colt Commando	2000
Operation Flashpoint	M203	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2001
Ghost Recon	M203A2		Mounted on M16A4	2001
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	M203		Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2001
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on Colt Model 727	2002
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger	M203		Mounted on Colt Model 727	2002
The Sum Of All Fears			Mounted on M16A4	2002
Conflict: Desert Storm	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2002
America's Army	M203 / M203A1	Can fire HDEP or smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 Carbine	2002
TimeSplitters 2			Mounted on AKS-47	2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	M203		Mounted on M16A2 and Colt Model 727	2003
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad			Mounted on M16A2	2003
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes		Firing ring airfoil projectiles	Mounted on FAMAS	2004
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	Standalone M203	Can fire HE, smoke, CS, or WP rounds	Stand-alone variant with sliding stock	2004
Close Combat: First to Fight	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2005
Battlefield 2	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2005
Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike	M203A2 / M203PI		Mounted on M16A4 and Steyr AUG	2005
Project Reality	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Firing HE and smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A1, M16A2, C7A2, Colt Model 653, and M4A1 Carbine	2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat		Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M4A1 Carbine and L85A2	2005
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier	M203		Mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 Carbine	2005
Far Cry Instincts: Predator			Mounted on a hybrid rifle	2006
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	M203	Firing custom liquid nitrogen rounds	Mounted on M16A1	2006
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl			Mounted on SIG SG 550, L85A1, H&K G36, and Z-M LR 300	2007
ArmA: Armed Assault	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2, M16A4, and M4A1	2007
Combat Mission: Shock Force	M203		Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2007
World in Conflict	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on AR-15A3, M16A4, H&K G36C, H&K G3A4, and M14	2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback			Mounted on M16A2	2007
Counter-Strike Online			Part of the "SVDEX"	2008
Battlefield: Bad Company			Mounted on H&K HK416, Steyr AUG A3, and M16A4	2008
Terminator Salvation			used by Terminators	2009
ArmA II	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2, M16A4, and M4A1 Carbine, the latter having a camo paint scheme	2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Can be mounted on every assault rifle, except for the AK-47	2009
Army of Two: The 40th Day	"M203 40MM GL"		Can be fitted to almost all primary weapons	2010
Marines: Modern Urban Combat	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2			Mounted on H&K HK416, Steyr AUG A3, and M16A4, with and without camo paint scheme	2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	M203	Can fire HE or smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A1 and Colt Model 653	2010
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2010
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	M203 / M203A2		Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1 Carbine	2010
Medal of Honor (2010)	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2010
Bloody Good Time			Mounted on Z-M LR 300, but unusable	2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Can be mounted on every assault rifle, except for the AK-47 and AKS-74U	2010
Homefront	"Grenade launcher"	Laser rangefinder for fictional airburst rounds	Mounted on various rifles, able to use airburst and EMP rounds, zero arming distance	2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River	M203A1 / M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1 Carbine	2011
Battlefield Play4Free	M203	Aesthetic decoration only, but not usable	Mounted on M16A4	2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	"M203 Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1	2011
NCIS: The Video Game	M203A1		Seen on a poster	2011