Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Time for another "Found In The Archives" short featuring the US-made M9A1 HEAT rifle grenade and its cousins, fired from the standard G.I. service rifles in the Second World War: the M1 Carbine, M1 Garand and M1903 Springfield. They used the M8, M7 & M1 launchers respectively. Also seen in use are M17 and M1 fragmentation grenades and launchers and T5 phosphorous projectiles, as well as smoke rifle grenades.

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Credits: NARA, US Army.