Submitted for field trials in Vietnam, this weapon apparently performed quite well with HE-Frag ammunition, but often choked on close-combat ammunition loaded with buckshot or flechettes (small arrows). The grenade launcher was extremely light for its size, since a significant portion of it was made of aluminium.
In fact, a skilled operator could fire four aimed shots before the first one landed. Navy SEAL teams were pleased with the resultant pump-action grenade launcher, since the tubular magazine held three 40x46mm grenades, and so with one grenade in the chamber, four grenades could be fired rapidly before reloading. The M79 and XM148 grenade launchers were single-shot, and the repeating T148E1 grenade launcher was unreliable, so a request was made to China Lake engineers. The China Lake Model (or China Lake pump-action grenade launcher) is a pump-action grenade launcher that was developed by the Special Projects Division of the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), which provided equipment to United States Navy SEALs.
Open, rear sight is the M79 ladder elevation sight system, front is a M79 square-notch/blade Total known China Lake Grenade Launchers is 12 with this information. Late manufactured reproduction CSG/Trident China Lake Launchers are said to number at eight in total during a manufacturing run from 2004-2009. CSG/Trident Reproduction China Lake Grenade Launcherġ968 Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), 2009 Airtronic, 2009 CSG.ĥ0 original receivers of which only four are known to still remain intact in museums in the U.S.
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