Key Points and Summary: The Mk19 grenade launcher, first introduced during the Vietnam War, remains a cornerstone of U.S. military firepower. This crew-served, belt-fed, fully automatic weapon ...
March 30, 2011: For years, American troops have been complaining about the inadequate sight on the Mk 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher. The brass finally paid attention, and then some. Last year, a ...
The MK19 40mm machine gun is an air-cooled, disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, blowback operated, fully automatic weapon and is crew transportable over short distances with limited amounts of ...
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Maneuver Battle Lab just wrapped up a weeklong evaluation of a modified rear sight for the MK19 40 mm grenade machine gun, comparing its effectiveness to the current version ...
Oct. 30 (UPI) --Rheinmetall has received a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps award to produce 40mm practice ammunition for the U.S. Marine Corp. The $59 million contract, announced Monday by the ...
The Army is seeking contractors capable of turning the Vietnam-era 40 mm belt-fed MK19 automatic grenade launcher into a drone killer. The service, which posted a request notice on the government’s ...
General Dynamics has announced that its Armament and Technical Products business unit has delivered 85 MK19 40mm grenade machine guns to the US Army under the company's latest contract award for the ...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has officially approved the use of the Shablya Mk19(M) – a new remote-controlled combat module designed for Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU) – following closely behind recent ...