The AMOC is equipped with 3D printers, which helped quickly manufacture the special hammer strut tools needed for removing the launcher's trigger assembly, it added.
The MA1 has a maximum effective range of meters on a point target such as a window and a meter max effective range on an area target, according to the Army's technical manual for 40mm grenade launchers. Grenadiers load and unload the MA1 from the side of the weapon rather than from underneath it, compared to the MA2, a 'major advantage because the breach of the weapon is clearly visible and the shooter can more easily load while in the prone ,' Capt. Army first began fielding the M in and later upgraded to the MA1, which is designed to be mounted under the M4 carbine. The Marine Corps recently fielded its new MA1 grenade launcher to Marines at Camp LejeuneNorth Carolina, bringing the service closer to its goal of equipping all infantry units with the side-loading 40mm weapon in fiscal Marines learned how to assemble, dissemble and troubleshoot the weapon, before participating in live-fire exercises.
