Thumper (weapon)

The Thumper (M79 in real-life) is a shoulder-fired single-shot grenade launcher featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

The Thumper is a decent alternative to the M203 launcher for people who do not wish to take up their gun's attachment slot with the M203. The chief disadvantage of the thumper is that it is there is a delay when hipfiring it while the iron sights are brought up for the shot (much like the RPG-7 in CoD4). Unlike the M203 grenade launcher, this weapon is supplied with it's own iron sights which can help accuracy at longer ranges. Like usual, grenades that impact a solid object before they reach a certain distance from the user will not explode.

History
The M79 got the nickname "Thumper" from the distinct noise it made after firing. It was used in Vietnam as a Grenadier's weapon until it was replaced by the M203, giving grenadiers all of the abilities of a grenade launcher and a rifle combined into one weapon. It remains in service worldwide in various niche uses, such as riot control using less-lethal gas grenades. For close-range use, a shotgun-like round was used loaded with buckshot. A pump-action version of the M79, the China Lake NATIC, was invented for the Navy SEALs as a multi-shot weapon, though wasn't very successful. A modern weapon that is used in the M79's place is the M32 MGL, a six-shot double-action revolving grenade launcher used mostly by special forces and some police units for riot control.

Trivia

 * Makarov uses a Thumper in the level No Russian to take down most of the police before going down the stairs.


 * Like the Model 1887, the Thumper was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. He uses its last grenade to kill the T-1000.


 * During the Vietnam War era, the M79 was known as the "Blooper," hence the name "Thumper" in Modern Warfare 2.
 * Can be used in the Museum level in Modern Warfare 2.
 * If fired at close range, as with other grenade launchers, the grenade will not explode and will only hurt the target.
 * You can find the "Thumper" in the mission "The Hornet´s Nest" in a shop named "Sorbetes". It´s below the counter.