Rifle Grenade



The Rifle Grenade is an explosive device launched from the muzzle of a rifle. They were commonly used during World War II, especially by the Allied American Forces and the Axis German Forces.

The rifle grenades were designed to be fired from the muzzle from an M1 Garand or Kar98K.

Today, they are rarely used as they have been replaced by under-barrel grenade launchers such as the M203. However, some police forces use a similar concept for less-lethal munitions such as tear gas grenades.

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII


The Mauser K98k Gewerhgranate is a weapon featured in the Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII expansion. It is essentially a Kar98k with a rifle grenade, introduced to the Waffen-SS Engineer kit.

It functions similar to a hand grenade due to its priming timer, ability to bounce, and detonation. The advantage to it over the hand grenade is that it has impact damage and much more range.

Battlefield 1943
The Rifle Grenade is a secondary weapon featured in Battlefield 1943 as the M17 for the USMC and the Type 91 for the IJN, both for the Rifleman kit.

It is very powerful against infantry, usually killing in one shot with its effective detonation radius. It can also be used against vehicles, being able to destroy a jeep within 1-2 shots, but using it against a tank is not recommended unless said tank is heavily damaged.

An interesting feature about the rifle grenade in the game is that switching to the weapon instantly mounts the explosive instead of manually placing it like when a player reloads. Another useful feature is that a player can switch to their other weapons or equipment and the reload process of the rifle grenade will continue. The same thing occurs to the M18/Type 18 recoiless rifle.

Each kit comes with a maximum of 3 rifle grenades (once all used, the amount "regenerates").