M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher

M7 rifle grenade adaptor

M9A1 Rifle Grenade

M17 Rifle Grenade

Mk 2 training grenade fitted with M1A2 rifle grenade adapter. The block of wood secures the spoon and is supposed to separate when the grenade hits the ground.

The M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher was a muzle device that could be attached to the M1 Garand in order to allow it to fire rifle grenades. It could accept several grenade types, but the most common were the M9A1 Rifle Grenade with a HEAT warhead, and the M17 Rifle Grenade with a fragmentation warhead. The latter was rendered obsolete when the M1 rifle grenade adapter adapters was introduced in 1944, which could make any Mk 2 Hand Grenade capable of being fired from the M7 launcher.

M8 Rifle Grenade Launcher is a version of M7, used with M1 Carbine.

The M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	Lee Van Cleef	Corp. Stone	M8 launcher on M1 Carbine	1953
Reptilicus		A Danish soldier		1961
Merrill's Marauders		U.S. Army soldiers		1962
Battle of the Bulge	George Montgomery	Sgt. Duquesne		1965
Saving Private Ryan		US Army soldier		1998
Flags of Our Fathers	Joseph Cross	PFC Franklin Sousey		2006
The Front Line		South Korean Army		2011
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed	Jasen Wade	Corporal Curtis		2012

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
Adam James	Pvt. Cleveland Petty	Band of Brothers / "Carentan"		2001
	Cpl. Schmidt	Band of Brothers		2001
Dexter Fletcher	Sgt. Johnny Martin	Band of Brothers / "The Last Patrol"		2001
	US Marines	The Pacific		2010

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Day of Defeat: Source				2005
Medal of Honor: Airborne				2007
Call of Duty: World at War				2008
Project Reality: Normandy				2013