Keywords: US Navy 021215-N-4953E-002 shooting an M203 grenade launcher.jpg en At sea aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 Dec 15 2002 -- Gunner s Mate 3rd Class Travis Smalls practices shooting an M203 grenade launcher during an exercise The M203 was designed to replace the Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher The newer weapon also maintains the added versatility for direct fire from both the M16 and the M203 launcher tube This dual system was combined to create a single effective weapon to be carried and used in many ways on the battlefield Harry S Truman is on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danny Ewing Jr RELEASED 2002-12-15 021215-N-4953E-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3767 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danny Ewing Jr PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 M16 rifle with M203 Males with M203 Photographs by Danny Ewing Jr |