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 delivers 40mm high-velocity ...

The Mk 47 launcher is also compatible with standard 40mm AGL ammunition as used in the Mk 19. Automatic grenade launchers (AGLs) are some of the most deadly weapons available to an infantry unit ...

Eventually, in 2011, an electronic sight was developed that worked with the Mk 19, producing a very accurate long-barrel 40mm automatic grenade launcher. This electronic sight, combining a GPS, laser ...

November 8, 2016: A Ukrainian firm has developed the RGSh30, a handheld version of the Russian AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. Introduced in 1974, AGS-17 was grenade launcher weighing 34 kg (75 ...

The 40-mm round the M79 fires sometimes ... Set on the sandbags are an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) and an M79 grenade launcher. (Photo by SSGT Laird/DoD) U.S. soldiers and Marines could ...

The MK19 40mm machine gun is an air-cooled, disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, blowback operated, fully automatic weapon ... to know about the MK19 Grenade Launcher? Here are a couple quick ...

The MK19 is a 40mm automatic grenade launcher that can mount on tripods and armored vehicles. It has an effective firing range of more than 7,000 feet, compared to the M320's 1,100 feet.

The military had also tested out the T148, a semi-automatic grenade launcher ... 8-pound pump-action China Lake grenade launcher, which had a capacity of three 40mm grenades — though, according ...

Some of the pickups feature MK19 grenade launchers—first developed for use during the Vietnam War—that can fire a 40mm round up to an effective range of one mile. The weapon is still in use ...

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved the use of the domestically produced 40 mm AGL-53 automatic grenade launcher in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is stated in the ...