rifle grenade

American  

noun

Military.

1. a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.

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rifle grenade British  

noun

1. a grenade fired from a rifle

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Etymology

Origin of rifle grenade

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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rifle grenade

Previously fired only from the old Springfield, the rifle grenade has now been fitted for firing with the Garand and the carbine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just as the Mills hand grenade has become the standard, so has the Mills rifle grenade attained that pre-eminence.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

The rifle grenade is effective up to about 400 yards, and is generally employed to provide a local barrage or to search cover.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

But almost in the same breath Mr. Churchill stated that simultaneously the War Office had invented a rifle grenade which would put the super-tank out of action.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 by Various

If you don't stop we will fire our only rifle grenade at you!" to which the Germans replied in the same vein, "Sorry!

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick