The Thumper, The Grenade Launcher That Changed Everything

[Diedinacarwreck_CTT]

The Thumper, The Grenade Launcher That Changed Everything

[SmilinLikeRashad]

Think they called that a bloober on the documentary Tour of Duty

[Arod_CTT]

Gus Hasford’s sequel to The Short Timers is called The Phantom Blooper.

[Goliad1835_CTT]

Love that weapon. I talked about it constantly as needing to get put back into the Marine Corps inventory. When I arrive to Iraq for my third deployment there, my Operations Chief greeted me at the airfield with one. Carried it everyday with an HE round. Impressed the locals during key leader engagements.

[Goliad1835_CTT]

Still have no idea where he got it from. Big lesson for Infantry Officers, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers for. That dude could “acquire” anything.

[Arod_CTT]

@Goliad1835_CTT

Love that weapon. I talked about it constantly as needing to get put back into the Marine Corps inventory. When I arrive to Iraq for my third deployment there, my Operations Chief greeted me at the airfield with one. Carried it everyday with an HE round. Impressed the locals during key leader engagements.

Who were you on the OG?

[Goliad1835_CTT]

Same. Didn’t post that often but I was around for a few years.

[FatAttack513]

I remember watching a show that they were talking about the different kinds of shells they can shoot out of that. There was on that a little parachute would pop out and the was a video camera in with it.