Soldiers testing the M79 Automatic grenade launcher during the Vietnam War. Two teams can be seen firing the weapons. The photograph was taken on October 30, 1969, by Cpl P. LaBrecque, for the Defense Department's Marine Corps. The image is labeled as A372543 127 GVB-209.

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