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M79

Break action grenade launcher. Might look antiquated, but still effective. Uses 40mm grenades.

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Classname M79

Section: Weapons
Weight: 2.7 kg
Inventory size: 6×3 18 slots
Worn or carried in: Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability: 200
Fire modes: Single shot
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Characteristics

Repaired with: Gun Cleaning Kit

Fire modes

Single shot: 60 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet	Health	Blood	Shock	Muzzle velocity
`Bullet_40mm_ChemGas`	110	100	110	76 m/s
`Bullet_40mm_Explosive`	110	100	110	76 m/s
`Bullet_40mm_Smoke_Black`	110	100	110	76 m/s
`Bullet_40mm_Smoke_Green`	110	100	110	76 m/s
`Bullet_40mm_Smoke_Red`	110	100	110	76 m/s
`Bullet_40mm_Smoke_White`	110	100	110	76 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Melee

Attack	Health	Shock	Blood	Reach
Light attack	10	15	100	1.2 m

Compatibility

Ammunition

40mm Explosive Grenade

40mm PO-X Grenade

40mm Smoke Grenade

Attachment slots

Optics Aug

AugOptic M79DummyOptics SSG82Optic

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Military.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	3	3	4
Minimum	1	1	2
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	0	2 h
Quantity	30–80%	30–80%	30–80%
Loot category	Weapons	Weapons	Weapons
Places	Military	Military	Military
Tiers	Unique	Unique	Tier 4

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus

<type name="M79">
    <nominal>3</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="1"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Unique"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="M79">
    <nominal>3</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Unique"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="M79">
    <nominal>4</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>7200</restock>
    <min>2</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>

Config

Classname: M79
Config class: CfgWeapons
Inherits from: M79_Base › Rifle_Base › RifleCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model: \dz\weapons\launchers\m79\m79.p3d
Defined in: Addons/weapons_launchers.pbo::m79/config.bin
Inventory slots: Shoulder, Melee