The Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon that is designed not to cook off. It fires 40 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 325 to 375 rounds per minute, giving a practical rate of fire of 60 rounds per minute (rapid) and 40 …

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...

TBS-CSW-2110 Given a Mk19 heavy machine gun on a vehicle mount or M3 tripod mount, ammunition, limited visibility sight, and a target, while wearing a fighting load, during regular and limited...

Jan 26, 2023 · We at SADJ wanted to cover the history of U.S. grenade machine guns, and with a recent visit to US Ordnance, the prime manufacturer of the MK19 Mod 3, it seemed like a perfect time. Later in this article, we’ll cover the modern MK19 system and improvements in depth. But first, a look at where we’ve come from...

The Mk 19 (or Mark 19) is a grenade machine gun capable of firing one grenade every second at a maximum range of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). The Mk 19 fires 40mm grenades at a rate of 325-375 rounds per minute (rpm). It has a maximum effective range of 2,212 metres (7,257 ft). It was originally used by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam for river patrol boats.

The MK19 Grenade Machine Gun supports the Soldier in offensive and defensive roles. It delivers a heavy volume of accurate and continuous firepower against enemy personnel and lightly...

US Ordnance produces the MK19 MOD 3 40mm grenade machine gun which is air cooled, blow back operated, automatic fire, belt-fed weapon that has an angle of fire between 70 degrees elevation and 70 degrees depression.

The MK 19 is an automatic grenade launcher that fires 40mm high explosive dual purpose (HEDP) rounds. The MK 19 was first used in anger during the Vietnam War. US SOF use this devastating weapon mounted on vehicles, boats or on a tripod. It can effectively engage point targets up to 1.5kms away and area targets up to 2.2kms away.

May 30, 2024 · At its core, the Mk 19 serves to provide military personnel with an automatic firing grenade launcher platform. The system is automatically fed and can fire continuously without reloading each individual projectile as the weapon is cocked after the firing of each projectile (the initial cocking action is manually actuated).

The Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon that is designed not to cook off. It fires 40 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 325 to 375 rounds per minute, giving a practical rate of fire of 60 rounds per minute (rapid) and 40 …