"Battlefront M113 - Alternate gun?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	03 Oct 2019 5:11 p.m. PST
On the TUBX03 sprue – link What is the short-barreled gun just above the standard .50 cal machinegun on the sprue? Seems to be interchangeable with the .50 cal.
John Armatys	03 Oct 2019 5:17 p.m. PST
I think it is a Mark 19 grenade launcher.
KeithRK	03 Oct 2019 6:02 p.m. PST
Yes, it is the Mark 19 grenade launcher.
Editor in Chief Bill	03 Oct 2019 6:29 p.m. PST
Thanks!
Legion 4	04 Oct 2019 1:14 p.m. PST
Yeah that's a Mk.19 … all my M113s had .50s.
Lion in the Stars	05 Oct 2019 12:32 p.m. PST
Mk19 automatic grenade launcher. IIRC, you can replace 1x .50cal per platoon with a Mk19.
Legion 4	06 Oct 2019 9:14 a.m. PST
Back in my day we only had .50s and M47 Dragons to mount on our M113s. Would have liked some Mk.19s though !
Lion in the Stars	06 Oct 2019 11:51 a.m. PST
That just means your corporals weren't sneaky enough to 'acquire' any Mk19s, L4.
Prof Pate	07 Oct 2019 2:21 a.m. PST
Or maybe was before 1983-ish? Some of us are that old!
Legion 4	08 Oct 2019 7:23 a.m. PST
I wish we had Mk.19s somewhere in the unit ! But yes I served '79-'90. We only heard about something called a Mk.19 GL. They were testing them on one of the ranges. One jammed, they just blew it in place …

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