en Type 91 grenade launcher

Type 91 UBGL
Type 91 UBGL
Type	Grenade launcher
Place of origin	China
Service history
Used by	China
Specifications
Cartridge	35mm Grenade
Caliber	35x115mm
Action	Pump action
Feed system	Single shot

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.