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To: mylife

It’s an automated MK79 - been around for a while ...


29 posted on 03/10/2008 7:00:19 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Klaatu Baraca Nikto)
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To: 11th_VA; Squantos

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.


30 posted on 03/10/2008 7:06:44 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: 11th_VA

So I see. designed in the 60s


31 posted on 03/10/2008 7:09:51 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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