M203 grenade launcher

NOTE: In some movies and TV shows, the Cobray 37mm Launcher is used to impersonate the M203. For a list of ways to tell the two launchers apart, visit the Cobray 37mm Launcher page.

The M203 grenade launcher (often mounted on a variant of the M16 rifle) has been used by the following actors in the following films, television series, and video games:

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M203 grenade launcher - 40x46mm.

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LMT M203 grenade launcher with 12" barrel - 40x46mm

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M203 40mm grenade launcher mounted on a M16A2 rifle (5.56x45mm)

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Knights Armament Co. Stand Alone M203 Launcher Platform with Type 1 Telescoping Stock - 40x46mm

Film

• A-Team, The (2010) (Sgt. Bosco "BA" Baracas (Quintin Jackson) uses one the Frankfurt shootout.)

• The General's Daughter

• My Science Project (1985)

• Ewan McGregor as Specialist John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (mounted on M16A2)

• Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (mounted on M16A1)

• Jean Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveroux in Universal Soldier: The Return (mounted on M16A2)

• John Castle as Paul McDaggart in RoboCop 3 (mounted on XM177E2)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cane in End of Days (mounted on Heckler & Koch MP5A3)

• Martin Hub as Ivan Podrov in XXX (mounted on AK-103)

• Radek Tomecka as Ivan Pedgrag in XXX (stand-alone version)

• U.S. Marines Peter Sarsgaard as Alan Troy in Jarhead (mounted on M16A2)

• General George Dekert's men and Ice Cube as Darius Stone in XXX2: State of the Union (mounted on Heckler & Koch XM8 and a stand-alone model, respectively)

• Double Impact (Mounted on a Colt Commando carbine)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator (mounted on M16A1)

• U.S. Army soldiers in The Siege (mounted on M16A2)

• Mounted on M4A1 rifles in 2009: Lost Memories

• Thomas Jane as Frank Castle in The Punisher (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Ramon Franco as Aponte in Heartbreak Ridge (mounted on M16A1)

• Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled (mounted on M16A1)

• Reciprocity team member in Clear and Present Danger (mounted on M16A2)

• U.S. Army soldiers in War of the Worlds (2005)(mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• U.S. Army Rangers in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (mounted on M16A1)

• Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling in Planet Terror (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Elliott Carver's henchmen and Götz Otto as Robert Stamper in Tomorrow Never Dies (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine, respectively)

• Danny Glover as Lt. Mike Harrigan in Predator 2 (mounted on Colt Commando carbine)

• Jake La Botz as Reese in Rambo (mounted on M4A1 carbine with camo paint scheme)

• Eamonn Walker as Ellis "Zee" Pettigrew and Paul Francis as Daniel "Doc" Kelley in Tears of the Sun (mounted on M4A1 carbines)

• U.S. Special Forces personnel in Transformers (mounted on M4A1 carbines with camo paint scheme)

• Hulk (mounted on M249 Paratrooper SAW)

• U.S. Marines in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (mounted on M16A1)

• Australian SAS troopers in The Odd Angry Shot

• U.S. Marines in The Sum of All Fears (mounted on M4A1 carbine and M16A2 rifle)

• Ramon Cota's men in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (mounted on (mounted on XM177E2)

• William Forsythe as Sgt. Buck Atwater in Extreme Prejudice (mounted on M16)

Television

• Luke MacFarlane as Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy in Over There (mounted on M4A1 carbine)

• Christopher Judge as Teal'c in Stargate SG-1 (mounted on GAU-5A/A)

• U.S. Army soldiers in The Unit (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine)

• Ross Kemp as Henry Garvie in Ultimate Force

• U.S. Marines in Generation Kill (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine)

• U.S. Marines in CSI: NY (episode "Heroes", mounted on M16A2)

• U.S. Army Rangers in Seven Days (mounted on M16A1)
• Weaponology

• Mounted on M16A2 rifles used by U.S. Marines and R. Lee Ermy on Mail Call.

• SAS troopers in Red Cap (episode "Betrayed", mounted on M16A2s)

Anime

Character	Title	Note	Date
Bondo	Elfen Lied	Mounted on Heckler & Koch MP5A4	2004
Commandos	Black Magic M-66	Mounted on M16A1 rifles	1987
Sousuke	Full Metal Panic?: Fumoffu	Mounted on M16 rifle	2003
Manami	Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Mounted on M16A1 rifle	2010
Ishikawa	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Howa Type 89	2004 - 2005
Hideo Kuze	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Howa Type 89	2004 - 2005
A.E. soldiers	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on Colt Model 933 carbines	2004 - 2005
British Army soldiers	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Mounted on L85A2 rifles	2004 - 2005

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Half-Life		Firing HE rounds	Mounted on H&K MP5A3 and Colt Model 727	1998
Parasite Eve II			Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2000
Delta Force: Land Warrior	M203PI		Mounted on Steyr AUG	2000
007: The World Is Not Enough	"Mustang MAR-4 GL"		Mounted on Colt Commando	2000
Operation Flashpoint	M203	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2001
Ghost Recon	M203A2		Mounted on M16A4	2001
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	M203		Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2001
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on Colt Model 727	2002
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger	M203		Mounted on Colt Model 727	2002
The Sum Of All Fears			Mounted on M16A4	2002
Conflict: Desert Storm	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2002
America's Army	M203 / M203A1	Can fire HDEP or smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 Carbine	2002
TimeSplitters 2			Mounted on AKS-47	2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	M203		Mounted on M16A2 and Colt Model 727	2003
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad			Mounted on M16A2	2003
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes		Firing ring airfoil projectiles	Mounted on FAMAS	2004
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	Standalone M203	Can fire HE, smoke, CS, or WP rounds	Stand-alone variant with sliding stock	2004
Close Combat: First to Fight	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2005
Battlefield 2	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2005
Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike	M203A2 / M203PI		Mounted on M16A4 and Steyr AUG	2005
Project Reality	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Firing HE and smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A1, M16A2, C7A2, Colt Model 653, and M4A1 Carbine	2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat		Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M4A1 Carbine and L85A2	2005
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier	M203		Mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 Carbine	2005
Far Cry Instincts: Predator			Mounted on a hybrid rifle	2006
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	M203	Firing custom liquid nitrogen rounds	Mounted on M16A1	2006
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl			Mounted on SIG SG 550, L85A1, H&K G36, and Z-M LR 300	2007
ArmA: Armed Assault	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2, M16A4, and M4A1	2007
Combat Mission: Shock Force	M203		Mounted on M4A1 Carbine	2007
World in Conflict	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on AR-15A3, M16A4, H&K G36C, H&K G3A4, and M14	2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback			Mounted on M16A2	2007
Counter-Strike Online			Part of the "SVDEX"	2008
Battlefield: Bad Company			Mounted on H&K HK416, Steyr AUG A3, and M16A4	2008
Terminator Salvation			used by Terminators	2009
ArmA II	M203 / M203A1 / M203A2	Can fire HE, smoke, or flare rounds	Mounted on M16A2, M16A4, and M4A1 Carbine, the latter having a camo paint scheme	2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Can be mounted on every assault rifle, except for the AK-47	2009
Army of Two: The 40th Day	"M203 40MM GL"		Can be fitted to almost all primary weapons	2010
Marines: Modern Urban Combat	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2			Mounted on H&K HK416, Steyr AUG A3, and M16A4, with and without camo paint scheme	2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	M203	Can fire HE or smoke rounds	Mounted on M16A1 and Colt Model 653	2010
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	M203	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A2	2010
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	M203 / M203A2		Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1 Carbine	2010
Medal of Honor (2010)	M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4	2010
Bloody Good Time			Mounted on Z-M LR 300, but unusable	2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops	"Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Can be mounted on every assault rifle, except for the AK-47 and AKS-74U	2010
Homefront	"Grenade launcher"	Laser rangefinder for fictional airburst rounds	Mounted on various rifles, able to use airburst and EMP rounds, zero arming distance	2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River	M203A1 / M203A2	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1 Carbine	2011
Battlefield Play4Free	M203	Aesthetic decoration only, but not usable	Mounted on M16A4	2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	"M203 Grenade Launcher"	Firing HE rounds	Mounted on M16A4 and M4A1	2011
NCIS: The Video Game	M203A1		Seen on a poster	2011