Here’s What You Need to Remember: By far the biggest benefit the Mk 47 offers over the Mk 19 is its significantly lower weight. Incredibly, the large grenade launcher weighs just under forty pounds, ...

Some weapons win firefights, and then some weapons decide whether a firefight is even allowed to happen. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the MK19 Mod 3 automatic grenade launcher lived firmly in the second ...

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is creating a virtual MK-19 trainer that will help shorten training set-up time and decrease ammunition costs, according to the Army. Researchers at the ARL in ...

WASHINGTON -- Setting up a range day for training on the MK-19 grenade launcher is no easy task. Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory-Orlando have an idea about how to change that, however, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Though used primarily by the United States military, the Mk 47 has not seen widespread use and is in service mostly with U.S. Special Operations Command Units. The Mk 19 ...

One morning, three of the new Marines asked if they could conduct hands-on training with the MK-19 grenade launcher. The platoon sergeant for the Marines allowed them to go into the convoy security ...

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment (2-20 FAR), 75th Field Artillery Brigade conduct qualifications on the Mk. 19 Grenade Launcher in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Aug. 13, 2025.