Navy in Vietnam for river patrol boats, but was adopted and improved upon by the U.S. īoth the Korean and Turkish Armies are using the Original American GDATP developed Mk 19. These weapons require precision engineering and certain technology to develop these is also reported to be proprietary to GDATP USA, which is why the above two countries have failed to develop a reliable version of the Mk 19. These unlicensed imitations do not conform to the strict production procedures which must be followed when a weapon is developed and this results in a failure of the unlicensed version once they have constant exposure to battlefield conditions. īoth Korea and Turkey have tried to reverse engineer a product that has been developed by the US Military and which has undergone over 40 years of constant improvements based on US military battlefield experience. It has also been reported that the Turkish version cannot sustain constant exposure to battle field conditions. Turkey: Mechanical and Chemical Industry corporation MKEK had taken over the project from Rocketstan to reverse engineer the GDATP Mk 19 and have developed a unlicensed local version, although this version is a exact copy of the Mk 19 it has failed induction tests also in different armies. Korea: Original Mk 19 has been reverse engineered and a Korean version developed, has failed induction tests in numerous countries, although weapon can fire it has very poor battlefield reliability and rejected due to very short life span. The countries are listed as follows with a brief on their programmes: Upto date 2 countries have tried to reverse engineer the GDATP Mk 19 AGL. The Mk 19 is made by Saco Defense Industries (now a division of General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products). The recoil blows back the bolt, feeds a new round onto the bolt face, which pushes the expended casing off the bolt face. When the trigger is pressed, the bolt closes, and the firing pin is released. The rounds are mechanically fed onto the bolt face with the pull of the charging handles. The Mk 19 utilizes an open bolt principle. The M203 grenades are technically "low-velocity" grenades, and are generally of the standard High Explosive variety, whereas the Mk 19 utilizes "high-velocity" at 790 ft/s High Explosive Dual-Purpose (HEDP) variety. The 40 mm ammunition used (40x53mm) is not interchangeable with that used in the M203 (40x46mm). The Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher replaced the earlier Mk 18 hand-cranked multiple grenade launcher. Due to its low recoil and comparatively light weight, it has been adapted for use on many different platforms, including small attack boats, fast attack vehicles such as the Humvee (HMMWV), AAV and Stryker, military jeeps and a large variety of naval mounts. The ammunition comes in 32 or 48 round cans weighing 42 and 60 lb, respectively.
It is especially effective when used against enemy infantry formations. It can also punch through two inches of rolled homogeneous steel with a direct hit (0 Degree Obliquity), which means it can penetrate most infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. Upon impact, the grenade can kill anyone within the radius of five meters, and wound them within the radius of 15 meters. The primary ammunition for Mk 19 is the high explosive dual-purpose M430 grenade. The Mk 19 is a man-portable crew-served weapon that can fire from a tripod mounted position or from a vehicle mount (this being the preferred method as the weapon alone weighs 72.5 lbs). For night operation, an AN/TVS-5 night vision sight can be fitted. While the MK 19 has a flash suppressor, it serves to save the eyesight of its operator, and does not conceal the weapon's position. The nearest safe distance to launch the grenade is 75 meters during training. The Mk 19 is able to lob its grenade at a maximum distance of 2,212 meters, though its effective range for a point target is about 1,500 meters, since the large rear leaf sight is only graduated to 1,500 meters. The weapon operates on the blowback principle, which uses the chamber pressure from each fired round to load and re-cock the weapon. The Mk 19 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 rounds per minute (sustained). The Mk 19 is a belt fed, blowback operated, air cooled, crew served, fully automatic weapon that is designed not to cook off. military service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the Vietnam War and remaining in service today. The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a belt-fed automatic 40 mm grenade launcher or grenade machine gun that entered U.S.
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Mk 19 Mod 0, Mk 19 Mod 1, Mk 19 Mod 2, Mk 19 Mod 3 Saco Defense Industries (now a division of General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products), Combined Service Forces Vietnam War, 2006 Lebanon War, Gulf War, OIF, OEF
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