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 ...

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 ...

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has approved a new grenade launcher combat module and deployed the Volynyaka bomber/logistics drone, expanding AFU precision strike and frontline resupply capabilities.

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 ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Oct. 12, 2010) -- The Maneuver Battle Lab just wrapped up a weeklong evaluation of a modified rear sight for the MK19 40mm grenade machine gun, comparing its effectiveness to the ...

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 ...

Some weapons win firefights, and then some weapons decide whether a firefight is even allowed to happen. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the MK19 Mod 3 automatic grenade launcher lived firmly in the second ...

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 ...

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a ...