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No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger

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Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* with No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger and reinforcements
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No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger

The No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger is a rifle grenade launcher designed for use on the Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*, developed during WWI. The grenade launcher fired the No. 36 Mills Bomb with a special gas check base attached (though it can also fire other grenades). Because of the heavy recoil of launching a rifle grenade, some rifles during WWII were specifically modified with wire wrappings and a reinforcing bolt to reinforce the weapon and prevent the stock and forearm from splitting under recoil. These modified rifles were only used in the grenade launcher role, and were called EY rifles, which stood for "EmergencY use" (other sources instead say that EY stood for Edward Yule, the designer of the weapon).

The No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger 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 Ipcress File mounted on No. 1 Mk.III* 1965
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Jawa Mounted on chopped down SMLE to make the "Ion blaster" 1977

Television

Show Title Actor Character Episode Date
Downton Abbey British soldiers mounted on No. 1 Mk.III* 2010 - 2015

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
World War II Online: Battleground Europe
Battlefield: 1918 2004
Battlefield V 2018