40mm Grenade

The 40mm Grenade is a fragmentation weapon designed to be launched from a purpose-built grenade launcher

A soldier loads a 40mm grenade in a MGL-140 grenade launcher.

or an underslung attachment.

It inflicts damage similar to a Hand Grenade, but is launched faster and further than a hand grenade can be thrown. It can be fatal to infantry, causes serious damage to light armored vehicles, but inflicts only minor damage to heavier armor.

In all games where it appears, 40mm grenade launchers are assigned to the Assault kit.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

"Underbarrel 40 mm grenade launcher capable of delivering HE-FRAG (High Explosive-Fragmentation) up to ranges of 150-400 meters. It's ideal against anti-personnel and soft-skinned vehicles. Functions well as a force multiplier."

— In-game description

In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, 40mm grenades are used on the following launchers:

• GP30 - mounted on the AEK-971 Vintovka and AN-94 Abakan.
• M203 - mounted on the STG.77 AUG, M416 and M16A2.
• XM320 - mounted on the XM8 Prototype.
• GL1 - mounted on the F2000 Assault.

Frag grenades are initially available to each faction, with other 40mm ammunition unlockable through kill progression. The 40mm Grenade Launcher is very effective for taking out enemies behind cover that bullets can't penetrate due to its velocity and explosive capabilities.

Battlefield 3

M320 FRAG
Kit	Assault
Inventory slot	Ammunition (M320/GP30)
Progression
Unlocked at	Initial equipment for grenade launcher
Ammunition
Reload	2.9 Seconds
Effects
Special feature	Impact-fuzed high explosive for Assault kit
Damage	112-5

40mm grenades return to Battlefield 3 as the initial ammunition for the M320/GP30 grenade launcher. It inflicts splash damage comparable to other explosive weapons (e.g. hand grenade, SMAW/RPG-7V2), which can be reduced to non-fatal levels by the FLAK specialization. Equipping the FRAG specialization provides more reserve ammunition for this weapon, as well as an extra hand grenade.

Other versions of 40mm ammunition can be unlocked for the grenade launcher, which are reported in the killfeed as entirely separate weapons. Regardless of ammunition or launcher type, all statistics are combined into a single listing for the M320.