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I loved my M203. Gotta hustle and get your weapon out of a stack? Instantaneous. Gotta hump a pack? It tended lay flat and still so no bounce bruising. The added weight and large front grip improved my range score dramatically and going to grenade practice was too fun to get paid for. I sincerely hope the new system is an improvement and not a contractor enrichment thing. I'm still pissed about the Barretas.

Yea, being in Cav we didn't really have a grenadier, so the 203s mostly sat in the vault til we got the 320s. They have the option of firing without being attached to your rifle, allowing for a lot more flexibility. And much easier to pass off when needed. They have a bigger chamber, so you can now use the longer 40mm grenades, as well as a couple new round models (airburst-capable, min-rocket, etc), though MK19 rounds are still too high-pressure to use in the 320, same as the 203s.

You can now use the longer 40mm grenades, as well as a couple new round models (airburst-capable, min-rocket, etc), though MK19 rounds are still too high-pressure to use in the 320, same as the 203s.

Yup. At grenade range one boy stumbled a little and went too high - so landed too close. That's one way to solve constipation.

37 rotations is a fairy tale. However, it indeed takes about 25 m worth of time/rotation to retract the safety pins and lock, so that is the “arming” distance”. Good thing, as the blast radius of the 40mm HE round ( used to be anyway) is 5 m

Thanks. That and your technical description was far better than my Armorers understanding. But he had a little too much fun in his downtime hence me being sent down to help. "You're ahead, go play with the toys" Yes sir, no problem sir.

Recent competitions for reliability and longevity still favor the original design- M4s still go 8500 rounds before failure...The boutique FNs and HKs all are gone from inventory- they didn’t meet the cut while the M16A4, M4s and Mk1XXXs all run and kill...

God watch over Eugene Stoner in your care as he helped remove far more evil heathens from this world than would have otherwise been possible. Amen.