We fired the non-explosive training rounds on Range 36 at Fort Indiantown Gap. The range looks down into a valley from up on a ridge. All of the gunners had 32 rounds each and were able to put effective fire on vehicle targets at 500 meters.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Firing the MK 19 Grenade Launcher
During last drill Echo Company set up and ran the MK 19 range. The weapon is a belt-fed, fully automatic grenade launcher, mounted on a tripod or on a vehicle. In combat it fires 40mm high explosive rounds at a rate of more than 300 rounds per minute--although the actual rate is 60 rounds per minute when feeding new belts of ammo into the weapon. It can fire effectively up to 2000 meters and put rounds on a point target at 1500 meters.
We fired the non-explosive training rounds on Range 36 at Fort Indiantown Gap. The range looks down into a valley from up on a ridge. All of the gunners had 32 rounds each and were able to put effective fire on vehicle targets at 500 meters.
We fired the non-explosive training rounds on Range 36 at Fort Indiantown Gap. The range looks down into a valley from up on a ridge. All of the gunners had 32 rounds each and were able to put effective fire on vehicle targets at 500 meters.
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