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. The grenade's power as just as that of a normal Hand Grenade, but with a much longer reach as it was launched from a blank round that would prime and launch the Grenade from the barrel. However, this method of launching the grenade was very inaccurate and unreliable compared to modern grenade launchers. Today, they are rarely used as they have been replaced by under-barrel grenade launchers such as the M203.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 WWIIEdit

With the Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII expansion, the Mauser K98k Gewerhgranate, a Kar98k with a rifle grenade, is introduced to the Waffen-SS Engineer kit. It is like a hand grenade due to its priming timer and ability to bounce. It will detonate just like a hand grenade, as well. The advantage to it over the hand grenade is that it has impact damage and much more range.

Battlefield 1942 Mauser K98k Rifle Grenade(00:35)
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Battlefield 1943Edit

Rifle Grenade
Damage	Direct Hit: High Indirect Hit: Medium - Low
Ammunition capacity	1 Rifle Grenade
Maximum ammunition	3 Rifle Grenades
Faction	USMC IJN
Kit	Rifleman
Inventory slot	Secondary Weapon

In Battlefield 1943, the rifle grenade is a secondary weapon issued to the USMC, as the M17, and the IJN, as the Type 91, Rifleman kits. 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 highly unrecommended 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 Recoilless Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher.

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

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