Tru Flite 37mm Super Long Range Gas Gun

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Tru Flite 37mm Super Long Range Gas Gun - 37mm

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The Tru-Flite was sold with a pressboard and wooden crate with a collection of different munitions supplied in a display rack.

The Tru Flite 37mm Super Long Range Gas Gun was built at the Lake Erie Chemical Company (Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.) in the 1930s-1940s. It was designed for launching 37mm CS gas or Smoke grenades during police standoffs. Distress and illumination flares were also sold for this launcher. The thick solid steel receiver and barrel are able to withstand 'hot' loads enabling the launcher to propel grenades over longer distances than was usual for it's day. If a name eight words in length seems like overkill, the gun's name is really that long and is engraved on the receiver and barrel in it's entirety. The reddish color of the receiver is standard factory finish. Some police departments spray painted their lower receivers black and many examples in collections and museums have black painted lowers.

The Tru Flite 37mm Super Long Range Gas Gun has been seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Soldier		Arcadia 234 inhabitant	Seen strapped on the back of a settler	1998

Television

Title/Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Firefly	Adam Baldwin	Jayne Cobb	"Serenity" (S01E01)	2002

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Syphon Filter	"M-79 Grenade Launcher"	Incorrectly identified as a M79.	1999
Syphon Filter 2	"M-79 Grenade Launcher"	Incorrectly identified as a M79.	2000
Syphon Filter 3	"M-79 Grenade Launcher"	Incorrectly identified as a M79.	2001