Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 108 30mm grenade launcher 
Used by the Germans to arm the Messerschmitt 262 in WWII
Posted on 03/10/2008 6:00:21 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
A BRITISH soldier who almost single-handedly took on 150 Taliban after he and his 50-man convoy were ambushed in Afghanistan has been awarded the Military Cross.
Fusilier Damien Hields used his grenade machinegun to destroy seven Taliban positions before his ambushers realised he was their main threat. After peppering his vehicle with bullets, they hit the 24-year-old soldier. He had to be dragged off for treatment by his driver after he tried to continue fighting.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Check the video at 19!!!! Action is one minute in.
We have Mk-19’s as well as M134DT’s at the office.......:o)
Jackalopes fear our security !
Yow!
Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 108 30mm grenade launcher
Used by the Germans to arm the Messerschmitt 262 in WWII
SMUD squared !..........:o)
I want one ea
BTTT
thanks, bfl
It’s an automated MK79 - been around for a while ...
I believe that the 40mm grenades fired by the MK 19 are not interchangeable with the 40mm grenades fired by the M-79 or M-203.
The Russians always had a policy of naming ammunition by different millimeter numbers, even if they were in fact the same caliber. This was to avoid battlefield logistical mixups.
“I ordered the 40mm MK-19 rounds, NOT these #$%$^! 40mm M-203 rounds!! We can’t use these!”
In Russian nomenclature, one type would be called 41mm, even if it was 40mm, to avoid battlefield mis-shipments.
So I see. designed in the 60s
The old but awesome flesh wound segment.
“Say ‘ello to my lil’ friend, mate!”
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you possibly the baddest mother on earth, Fusilier Damien “The Omen” Hields.
You normally have to be dead to earn the Victoria Cross. It’s generally a posthumous award to reward bravery to the death.
No they are different in their range . 40mm from a Mk-19 is high velocity and from the M79, M148and M203 it is low velocity. Not interchangeable at all.......
As well the point and area targets are different . Consider the point and area targets of the old M60 GPMG. They are almost identical to the Mk-19’s ammo. 1100 meter point....:o)
Mk-19 has it’s place and is a sweet accessory to the M134D or DT versions and Ma Deuce !
Greatest tools every made for a gun truck !
That's for certain.
Only 150?
In your EOD life, did you ever come across that Russian caliber naming quirk, ie, not naming different ammo types the same millimeter number? I read in a book by a Russian that they could not believe in the USA we had 81mm this and 81mm that. They thought this was stupid, and was bound to lead to battlefield errors, due to bad radio transmission or whatever. Instead of desperately needed mortar rounds, you would wind up with a delivery of recoilless rifle ammo, for example. So this Russky said all Russian ammo, bombs etc were given different mm numbers, even if their calibers were identical. Did you ever hear this?
See 39.
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