Type 91 grenade launcher

The Type 91 Grenade Launcher is a Chinese grenade launcher used to launch 35mm non-lethal grenades. It may come in shoulder-launched, rifle-attached, and vehicle-mounted variants. The rifle mounted version has a similar loading mechanism to the American made M203.

Design and development

The shoulder-fired launcher is a single-shot, manual-fed, and breech-loading weapon. It is lightweight, compact, breech-loading, and single-shot. It consists of a hand guard, sight, aluminum receiver assembly, barrel stop, and firing mechanism. The weapon could be used by any front-line assault troops in need of a long range explosive.

This weapon would be carried as a secondary weapon for a breacher, the member of a team who carries breach tool during an assault. The rifle-attached variant could be mounted on the underside of either a Type 56, Type 81, or QBZ-95.

Grenade types

DFB-91

Stun grenade.

DFT-91

Sting grenade.

DFR-91

Paintball grenade.

DFC-91

Tear gas.

DFG-91

Flashbang.

Variants

QLL-91

shoulder-fired variant

QLG-91

rifle-attached variant for Type 56 assault rifle.

QLG-91A

rifle-attached variant for Type 81 assault rifle.

QLG-91B

rifle-attached variant for QBZ-95

Vehicle-Mounted

This version of the Type 91 can be mounted on the WZ-551 internal security armored vehicle. It can fire in automatic and semi-automatic modes. The launcher is air-cooled, recoil operated, disintegrating metallic link-belt fed non lethal weapon.

Users

•  China: Used by the People's Liberation Army.
•  South Sudan

See also

• QLZ-87 grenade launcher
• QLG-10

International:

• M203
• M320

References

External links

• Type 91 at SinoDefence