- Title:
- Replica Projected Recoilless Improvised Grenade (PRIG) Mk 1 launcher, 2013
- Object name(s):
- launcher, grenade REPLICA
- Brief description:
- Replica Projected Recoilless Improvised Grenade (PRIG) Mk 1 launcher, 2013. The PRIG was a shoulder-fired weapon developed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) for use against Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary vehicles during the ‘Troubles’. It used two packets of digestive biscuits to absorb the recoil from the effects of the warhead leaving the launcher.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Firearms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- launcher, grenade REPLICA
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-11-42-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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