Description
M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter Launcher Positioning Clip – Original September 1963 Packet
The M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter Launcher Positioning Clips – Original September 1963 eight-Piece Packet is a period U.S. military packet containing six bent-steel positioning clips. The packet is dated September 1963 and marked for use with the M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter.
Each clip served as a removable stop on the numbered grooves of a rifle-grenade launcher. It does not include grenades, grenade cartridges, a launcher, original packaging or complete M1A2 adapters.
Historical Significance
U.S. rifle-grenade launchers used numbered annular grooves to establish how far a grenade or projection adapter was seated on the launcher. Army manuals describe the launcher positioning clip as a bent steel strip that could be moved among those numbered positions to support uniform and rapid placement.
This September 1963 packet is a surviving example of the small support components issued for the M1A2 adapter system during the transition from the M1 Garand and its M7-series launchers to the M14 rifle and M76 launcher.
M1A2 Adapter and Launcher Relationship
The positioning clip was separate from both the M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter and the rifle-mounted launcher. It snapped into a selected annular groove and formed a stop for adapters placed on the launcher at the same setting.
The clip could be used with grooved U.S. rifle-grenade launchers, including the M7 series on the M1 Garand and the M76 on the M14 rifle. Its purpose was repeatable adapter placement, not retention of the grenade on the adapter.
What This Item Is and Does
Each launcher positioning clip is a short steel strip bent to fit around a grooved rifle-grenade launcher. When placed in a numbered groove, it provided a physical seating stop for successive M1A2 grenade projection adapters.
Army technical guidance explains that this helped crews position multiple adapters uniformly and rapidly when the same launcher setting was used. The clips themselves have no explosive or pyrotechnic content.
Key Features
- Item: Launcher positioning clips for M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter
- Packet date: September 1963
- Quantity: Six clips
- Original piece mark: 82-1-81E
- Later cataloged part number: 82-1-86L
- NSN: 1330-00-864-3195
- Construction: Bent steel strip
- Packet stencil: 6 PIECES / CLIP LAUNCHER POSITIONING / PC MK 82-1-81E / FOR / ADAPTER GRENADE PROJECTION M1A2
- Scope: Positioning clip only; grenades, adapters, launchers, and grenade cartridges and original packaging are not included
Why This Item Matters
These clips document a small but important part of the U.S. rifle-grenade support system. Their function is clearly described in Army technical manuals, while the original packet ties the contents directly to the M1A2 adapter by nomenclature and piece mark.
The six-piece packet offers more context than a loose clip alone. It is useful as a period packaging example, an accessory display, or a reference for collections focused on the M1 Garand, M14, and their rifle-grenade equipment.
About This Item
The offered item is one original packet dated September 1963 containing six M1A2 Grenade Projection Adapter launcher positioning clips. The packet carries original piece mark 82-1-81E. The item was later cataloged under P/N 82-1-86L and NSN 1330-00-864-3195.
The packet contains only the eight inert metal positioning clips. It does not contain grenades, explosive material, grenade cartridges, complete M1A2 adapters, original packaging or a rifle-grenade launcher.
Ideal For
This original six-piece packet is well suited for:
- M1 Garand and M7-series launcher accessory collections
- M14 rifle and M76 launcher displays
- U.S. rifle-grenade equipment collections
- Military museums and ordnance-history exhibits
- Period packaging and technical-reference collections
- Film and prop departments seeking authentic small military components
Approx length 2", Approx width 1", Approx height 1", Approx weight lbs.
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