History GunsOfFiction / RocketsMissilesAndGrenadeLaunchers

* The ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'' stuffs an [=AT4=] into his [[HyperspaceArsenal backpack]] in the Tomb Raider review.

* ''VideoGame/HellLetLoose'': The PIAT is available to British Anti-Tank class as their standard-issue anti-tank weapon on both the North African and European maps. Compared to the Bazooka and Panzerschreck, this weapon has a much faster reload rate, in exchange for a shorter projectile range.

Similar to the AKM, the RPG-7's reputation is such that it is often overshadows the [=RPG-29=] (the succeeding reusable anti-tank rocket launcher). As a result, [[SelectiveHistoricalArmory you will likely not see the RPG-29 at all, even in works featuring the]] UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets. In addition, this also applies to the warheads it fires; typically only the basic single-charge [=PG-7VL=] HEAT warhead (the one with the iconic cone-shaped front), even in situations where the tandem-charge [=PG-7VR=] HEAT warhead or the anti-personnel warheads (either the [=OG-7V=] fragmentation warhead or the [=TBG-7V=] thermobaric warhead) would be more appropriate.

Other notable 40mm underbarrel grenade launchers include the [=XM148=] (a competitor with the M203, which was passed over due to complexity and safety issues), the German [=AG36=] (a side-loading launcher with a number of advantages over the M203, such as double-action operation, accommodation for a wider variety of ammunition, and an integral sight mounted on the side), the M320 (a modified version of the [=AG36=], which has become increasingly common in media and can be used standalone, usually replacing the [=HK69A1=] in that role), the Czech 805 BREN G1 and the Belgian FN EGLM (aka [=GL1=] or [=FN40GL=], depending on whether it's attached to an F2000 or a SCAR). The Soviets/Russians have their own grenade launchers, the [=GP25=] (for the AK-74), [=GP30=] (for the AK-100 series) and the [=GP34=] (mounted on all existing Russian AK models); all variants of the GP-series are muzzle-loaded and use 40mm caseless grenades, which are not interchangeable with western 40mm grenades. Some of these launchers can have pistol grips and stocks attached to them, which turns them into dedicated grenade launchers; however, since this defeats the whole purpose of the underbarrel launcher, these are rarely seen in real life or fiction. As of 2015 the American Raytheon company has been working on the Pike, a precision-guided missile designed to be launched from the M320 and EGLM, one of the first actual cases of a 40mm round that is too long to use with the M203.

It was first used in combat in 1969 by the Egyptians against Israelian [=A-4H Skyhawks=]. Furthermore, it was also supplied to Vietnam, other Soviet-aligned Middle East nations, Africa (in particular, they were nasty surprises to Portuguese [=G.91=]s in Portuguese Guinea during the latter's independence war from Portuguese rule), South America, and other Communist-aligned nations. It was licenced for production by Romania, North Korea, and Egypt, while China made an unlicenced copy, the [=HN-5=], which they supplied to Pakistan.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[CuteButPsycho Nora]] [[SmallGirlBigGun Valkyrie]] carries a GrenadeLauncher [[SwissArmyWeapon that turns into a]] [[DropTheHammer War Hammer]].

* In ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}: The Movie'' it is shown being used by JGSDF troops, likely the locally-made Howa 84.

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* ''VideoGame/PostScriptum'': The Panzerschreck is one of two German AntiVehicle weapons available on maps set from 1944 onwards, the other being the Panzerfaust. Compared to it's disposable counterpart, the Panzerschreck fires more powerful rockets and can hit targets at longer range, on top of being able to reload.

The [=XM25=] Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, or CDTE, is a 25mm semi-automatic bullpup grenade launcher, designed by Heckler & Koch. It was spun-off from the ill-fated [[RareGuns/AssaultRifles XM29 OICW]] as a standalone weapon.

* The [=XM25=] is a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', where it is mainly used by [=FROGS=]. When fired normally, it is a standard impact-detonated grenade launcher, while deploying the scope activates its adjustable detonation distance.

** Deconstructed as a CoolGun in Creator/TomClancy's ''Executive Orders''. Someone asks why this wasn't used to bring down the kamikaze who plowed into the Capitol; he's reminded that it probably would not have really mattered at that point in its flight plan, as [[InertiaIsACruelMistress the missile wasn't going to be able to do anything about the inertia the 747 had built up by that point]].

* The regular version is obtained in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' by defeating a BonusBoss in a BonusDungeon in Day 5. A customized version (dubbed "[=AT4-1=]") is also available in another BonusDungeon during NewGamePlus.

* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}''[='=]s version of the "Wolf Pack" DLC adds a China Lake, here called the "China Puff 40mm". Ironically, while the M79 is properly depicted as too heavy to carry alongside a full rifle (thus being a primary weapon), the China Lake, despite being a few pounds ''heavier'', is a secondary weapon - which on top of its greater capacity gives it more utility than the other launchers. Then again, the same game also classes ''Rocket Launchers'' as purely secondary weapons.

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* Appears in ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'', where it is mistakenly portrayed as reloadable (that or the soldiers armed with one have a HyperspaceArsenal to fit so many of them across their back).

* The Hawk MM-1 is added to the original ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' with the ''Island Thunder'' expansion, as a new primary weapon for demo soldiers, including the returning specialist Klaus Henkel.

* Marty [=McFly=] sees one in his rear-view mirror in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', carried by the 'Libyans'. He figures that getting up to 90 would be the best way to evade it. He was off by 2 miles per hour, of course.

A misunderstanding caused by a [[BlindIdiotTranslation literal translation]] of "leg mortar/knee mortar" out of Japanese, together with bad evaluation of captured weapons, saw lots of Australian soldiers think that the intended way of firing was to brace the curved baseplate against the thigh, as the Aussies were tempted to use Japanese weapons against their previous owners to compensate for the obvious lack of proper resupply from the rest of the British Empire. Anybody who tried firing it that way will find their femurs severely bruised if not fractured/broken by the heavy recoil, as a few Australian troops found out the hard way when they were evacuated out of the battlefield with that injury. Eventually, Allied troops were advised that the correct way of using a Type 89 was to brace the curved baseplate against soft ground or a tree-root. American Marines got a bit jealous of the Imperial Japanese Army in that the Type 89 mortar was a far more man-portable way to accurately and rapidly launch grenades down range than their own 60 mm M2 mortars, which required a dedicated team per mortar as opposed to a single grenadier per Type 89. After a failed attempt to adapt the M2 Mortar's tube into a commando mortar, the Americans began focusing on hand-held grenade launchers, culminating in the M79 and the under-barrel grenade launchers.

* Common in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' games from ''4'' onward, and likely to blame for the modern conception that the weapon is horrifically, aggravatingly inaccurate - it's entirely possible to miss entirely even when you're ''five meters'' away from a tank you're supposed to destroy because the grenade will veer off in completely random directions past a couple feet. ''Black Ops II'' swaps it out for a similar launcher based on Airtronic's upgraded version, its accuracy from past iterations only slightly improved; it serves as the middle ground between the SMAW and the FHJ-18, unable to lock onto targets like the other two in favor of its ability to be dumb-fired like the SMAW while coming with one extra rocket like the FHJ.

* Appears in the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' series as the main rocket launcher of the Germans, though is not usable until ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault''.

** ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor''

* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault'' features the M1 variant. Lt. Powell gets to use one during the Sniper Town level, to destroy a gate in order to advance, as well as to knock out a Panzer IV later on. In the ''Breakthrough'' ExpansionPack, Sgt. Baker, after retrieving a cache of bazookas from a crashed glider, uses one against Italian tanks in the Gela part of the Sicily level.