A welding torch 10 is provided for use in a Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process. The welding torch 10 includes a torch body 12, a welding tip 16 extending from the torch body 12, and a detachable nozzle 22 which substantially surrounds the welding tip 16 in use to direct gas around the welding tip 16 and onto a workpiece, the nozzle 22 having a front end which faces the workpiece in use and a rear end which attaches to the torch body 12 in use, in which a ring 24 is provided, the ring 24 being substantially axially fixed to the nozzle 22 at the rear end of the nozzle 22, and the ring 24 being rotatable with respect to the nozzle 22, the ring 24 having a screw thread and the torch body having a corresponding screw thread 26, for fixing the nozzle 22 to the torch body 12.