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Blanch-Chevallier Grenade Discharger: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 00:12, 16 February 2018
The Blanch-Chevallier Grenade Discharger is a prototype grenade launcher patented in 1916 by Herbert John Blanch of the London gun company J. Blanch & Son and Swiss arms technician Arnold Louis Chevallier. It is built on a Martini-Henry rifle, with the original barrel assembly replaced by a large 2.5in bore barrel with a recoil-dampening spring inside. The weapon works on a similar principle as a rifle grenade; a proprietary grenade is loaded into the barrel from the front and fired by a .577-450 blank loaded into the chamber. A tall tangent backsight made it clear that the weapon is intended to be fired from the shoulder.
Only one example of this strange weapon is known to exist, found "in a back room at the UK National Firearms Centre" by Jonathan Ferguson, who also said that it came to them "from a movie prop house". Ferguson also notes that his example is strangely marked with "Enever – Chevallier Patent Automatic Small Arms Company Limited", referencing a third Edwin Alexander Enever, who had founded the said company with Chevallier, but is not referenced on the patent.
Specifications
(Prototype only, patented 1916)
Type: Grenade Launcher
Caliber: 2.5 in
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single shot
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 1 | Martini-Henry Grenade Launcher | Added via the Turning Tides DLC | 2016 |