![]() “We have them set up on the tripod mount, as well as the CROWS system,” said Senior Gunner Staff Sgt. The Guardsmen got to shoot the Mk 19 on several platforms. The Mk 19 was originally designed in 1966, and the U.S. “ It’s great against area targets, enemy troops, and light vehicles.” “The Mk 19 is a fully automatic grenade launcher that throws 40mm rounds downrange,” said Platt. Sean Platt, who by trade is a construction worker from Millville, N.J., was excited about the training. The Soldiers trained with the Mk 19 July 25-26 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst’s expansive ranges. After a year of training on a variety of weapons, troops from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry finally got hands on experience with the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Keith Muehling, Assistant Product Manager Crew Served Weapons, told Scout Warrior in an interview.When Soldiers are in combat, they rely on the tools of the trade that provide the biggest punch. It works against anything that does not have thick armor,” Maj. Any time you get into an up-armored (more armor) situation or reactive armor - it is not going to be very effective. “It can be used for anti-personnel (enemy fighters) and also against lightly armored vehicles and light unarmored vehicles. Several variants of the machine gun can fire more than 500-rounds per minute. 50-cal is effective in a wide variety of circumstances, such as convoy protection, air attacks and attacks upon small groups of enemies on foot or moving in small vehicles. The gun can also be mounted on a tripod on the ground by infantry in a firefight or combat circumstance the M2 has a solid range and can fire at point targets up to 1,500 meters and destroy area targets at distances up to 1,800 meters. The machine gun is currently used on Humvees, tactical trucks, M1 Abrams tanks, Strykers, some Navy ships and several aircraft such as CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawks. 50-caliber machine gun during a training exercise with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in November 2002. 50-Cal along with an explosive "area weapon" effect of a grenade launcher.Ī US Marine mans a. ![]() The details of how this will be accomplished have not yet emerged, however the planning is to engineer a weapon that has the attack and suppressive fire ability of a. However, it is reasonable to assume that requirements, designs and then prototypes could emerge in the next few years. The effort is still very much in the early or conceptual phases, however future engineering and requirements initiatives plan to give shape, contours and direction to the new weapon as a result, Army officials did not yet specify a timeframe as to when this might be operational. “This will be one weapon with a totally different new type of ammo that is not yet even in the developmental phase,” Laura Battista, Product Management Engineer, told Scout Warrior in an interview. The idea is to simultaneously lighten the load of mobile attack forces while increasing their lethaltiy and envelope of attack with a single system that achieves the offensive firepower, and desired combat effects, of both weapons. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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