Hawk MM1 grenade launcher

Manville 25mm Projectile Launcher - 25mm tear gas canisters

Hawk MM1 grenade launcher - 40x46mm

The Hawk MM1 revolver grenade launcher is manufactured by the United States based company Hawk Engineering Co. While the MM1 may look much like a up-scaled Milkor MGL grenade launcher, the MM-1 most probably traces its ancestry back to the Manville machine projector, a revolver-type 18-shot 25mm tear gas gun, developed in the USA for law-enforcement use before the Second World War. The MM1, while being relatively heavy and quite bulky, can provide devastating firepower, with a practical rate of fire of up to 30 rounds per minute.

The Hawk MM1 is a revolver-type weapon, with the heavy cylinder being rotated for each shot by the clockwork-type spring. The spring is wound manually during the reloading. To reload the cylinder, the rear part of the gun is released and rotated sideways to expose the rear of the cylinder, which is connected to the front part of the frame and barrel.

Specifications

(1935 - ????) (Manville 25mm Projectile Launcher)

(1970 - ????) (Hawk MM1)

Type: Grenade launcher

Caliber: 40x46mm

Weight: 12.6 lbs (5.7 kg)

Length: 25 in (63.5 cm)

Barrel length: 0 in (0 cm)

Feed System: 12-round fixed drum

Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

The Hawk MM1 grenade launcher and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Dogs of War				1981
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	Bill Henderson	Casper Lindsey		1984
RoboCop		Detroit SWAT officer		1987
Ishtar	Dustin Hoffman	Chuck Clarke		1987
Bulletproof	William Smith	Russian Major		1988
Darkman	Larry Drake	Robert G. Durant		1990
Terminator 2: Judgement Day	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Terminator		1991
Idiocracy	Andrew Wilson	Beef Supreme	Red highlights, fires explosive grenades	2006