Here’s What You Need to Remember: Simple in design, with a wooden stock — typically black walnut or birch, though plastic eventually was an option, too — the M79 weighs about the same as an M16, and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: These “thump-guns” aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Infantry platoons bristle with direct-fire weapons, but everyone loves a grenade. Grenades give ground troops the ...