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giarc on Aug 19, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: NY Times releases military surplus gear data on Gi...

Why does any police force need a grenade launcher? Unless these are used for tear gas or something.

ajackfox on Aug 19, 2014 [–]

The grenade launchers are M79's, and can be used for tear gas and other non-lethal rounds. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher#Ammunition

Now about the quantity some PD's ordered... that's a different story.

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