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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Film
U.S. Special Forces personnel in Transformers (mounted on M4A1 carbines with camo paint scheme)
Australian SAS troopers in The Odd Angry Shot
Television
U.S. Army soldiers in The Unit (mounted on M16A2 and M4A1 carbine)
U.S. Marines in CSI: NY (episode "Heroes", mounted on M16A2)
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
Video Games
Game Title
Appears as
Mods
Notation
Release Date
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Mounted on Heckler & Koch HK416, Steyr AUG A3 , & M16A4 rifles, with & without camo paint scheme
2010
Project Reality
As the "M203A1"
Firing HE and smoke rounds
Mounted on C7A2 rifle
2005
Project Reality
Firing HE and smoke rounds
Mounted on M16A1 & M16A4 rifles, M4A1 & Colt Model 653 carbines
2005
007: The World Is Not Enough
As the "Mustang MAR-4 GL"
Mounted on Colt Commando carbine
2000
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Firing ring airfoil projectiles
Mounted on FAMAS rifle
2004
Parasite Eve II
Mounted on M4A1 carbine
2000
ArmA II
Mounted on M16A4 rifle and M4A1 carbine, the latter having a camo paint scheme
2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Mounted on SIG SG 550 , L85A1 , Heckler & Koch G36 , and Z-M LR 300 rilfes
2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mounted on M4A1 carbine, M16A4 rifle, Heckler & Koch G36C , Heckler & Koch G3 , and M14 rifles
2007
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad
Mounted on M16A2 rifle
Operation Flashpoint
Mounted on M16A2 rifle
2001
Far Cry Instincts: Predator
Mounted on a hybrid rifle
2006
Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Mounted on M16A2 rifle
2007
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
Mounted on M4A1 Carbine
2002
The Sum Of All Fears
Mounted on M16A4
2002
Ghost Recon
Mounted on M16A2 rifle
2001
Combat Mission: Shock Force
Mounted on M4A1 Carbine
2007
America's Army
Mounted on M16A2 rifle and M4A1 Carbine
2002
Battlefield 2
Mounted on M16A2 rifle
2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Mounted on M4A1 carbine and L85A2
2005
TimeSplitters 2
Mounted on AKS-47
2002
Counter-Strike Online
Part of the "Hero's weapon"
2008
Half-Life
Mounted on Heckler & Koch MP5A3 and Colt Model 727 carbine
1998
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
Firing various ammo types
Stand-alone variant with sliding stock
2004
Marines: Modern Urban Combat
Mounted on M16A4 rifle
2010
Delta Force: Xtreme 2
2010
Battlefield Play4Free
Mounted on M16A4 rifle
2011
Homefront
Grenade launcher
Laser rangefinder for fictional airburst rounds
Mounted on various rifles, able to use airburst and EMP rounds, zero arming distance
2011