The Rifle Grenade General Service (RGGS) was a

rifle grenade A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand. The practice of projecting grenades with rifle-mounted launchers was first widely used du ...

of Israeli design in service with the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...

as the L86 since 1996.They Work For You
/ref> They superseded the L74A1 and L75A1, these being the Luchaire 40mm in AC and AP/AV configurations respectively. As with its predecessors, the grenade's means of propulsion is of the bullet-trap type and is launched from the muzzle of the

L85A2 The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Se ...

rifle using standard

ball ammunition A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or, less commonly, a steel alloy. A bullet jacket usu ...

. For maximum accuracy a dedicated

prismatic sight A prism sight or prismatic sight, sometimes also called prism scope or prismatic scope, is a type telescopic sight which uses a roof prism for its image-erecting system (instead of the series of relay lenses found in traditional telescopic sights ...

can be attached to the rifle. The grenade was phased out of service due to the introduction of the L17A2 Underslung Grenade Launcher.British Army
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Article (in Spanish) with reference to the Israeli BT/AP-M1091 rifle grenade, with cutaway diagrams of the L74A1 & L75A1
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