Rifle Grenade - Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages and Disadvantages

A rifle-grenade compared to a standard hand-grenade:

Advantage Disadvantage
A rifle-grenade can be projected to a much greater distance than a hand-grenade. A rifle-grenade requires a rifle to launch.
A rifle-grenade can carry a larger, heavier payload than a hand-grenade. A rifle-grenade is more complicated to use than a hand-grenade.
A rifle-grenade can effectively project a shaped charge warhead which can penetrate armor. A rifle-grenade is larger and heavier than a hand-grenade.
A rifle-grenade has the advantage of detonating upon impact. A rifle-grenade produces very high levels of recoil when launched from a rifle.
A rifle-grenade is more accurate than a hand-grenade.

A rifle-grenade compared to a dedicated grenade launcher:

Advantage Disadvantage
Rifle-grenades can use a variety of different sizes and shapes of warheads and payloads. A rifle-grenade will temporarily disable the normal use of the rifle.
Rifle-grenades can be projected from any rifle fitted with an appropriate muzzle base or spigot tube fitting. In essence, every soldier armed with a rifle can be a grenadier. A dedicated grenade-launcher can be fired from the shoulder without undue discomfort, something not normally possible with a rifle-grenade.
The rate of fire for a modern bullet-trap rifle-grenade is up to 20 grenades per minute for area suppression. A soldier armed with a dedicated grenade launcher can carry 2 to 3 times more grenade ammo than rifle-grenades.
A dedicated grenade launcher is more accurate than a rifle-grenade.

A rifle-grenade compared to a rocket launcher:

Advantage Disadvantage
Rifle-grenades have a curved trajectory. This allows indirect fire against targets in defilade, behind walls and buildings or rooftops. Rocket launchers have a flatter trajectory making them more accurate "point-and-shoot" weapons.
Rifle-grenades are much lighter and don't require the user to carry a bulky launcher tube. Rocket launchers generally have more powerful warheads.
Rocket launchers generally have a longer effective range.

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