M-19-3 Grenade Machine Gun

When I saw the term "grenade machine gun" in this article, I thought surely there must be some mistake. Then I looked up the thing on Google and, lo and behold, the Navy developed this weapon in the 1960s. I've seen them in video footage on TV, but I never got around to finding out what they were.

Wow, what I would give to have one these!

I'm sure it's common knowledge around here, but here you go:

www.google.com...





[edit on 04/10/13 by GradyPhilpott]

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
When I saw the term "grenade machine gun" in this article, I thought surely there must be some mistake. Then I looked up the thing on Google and, lo and behold, the Navy developed this weapon in the 1960s. I've seen them in video footage on TV, but I never got around to finding out what they were.

Wow, what I would give to have one these!


I'm sure it's common knowledge around here, but here you go:

www.google.com...





[edit on 04/10/13 by GradyPhilpott]

nice thing to have if ur out numberd

Grady,

great stuff indeed. Somehow this type of weapon was well known in the old USSR, they used it in infantry and even mounted on helicopters. The original version was called AGS-17 Plamya. One link in Russian can be found here. You can google ags-17 as well.

From the rather brief classes I had... It looked like one of the staples of the Russian infantry wepons in early 80-s. I think now there are versions that are a lot more involved.

Like I said before, I saw one of these mounted on a vehicle recently on the news and had no idea what it was. I forgot about it, until the article on the explosion in Tennessee. It really drives home just how out of the loop you really are when something like this emerges into your consciousness and it has been around for over thirty years in one form or the other.

From what I could gather from the articles, this weapon is not employed by the Marine Corps, but I can't understand why, unless the reason is fiscal.

The ammo bill has to be really high.

[edit on 04/10/14 by GradyPhilpott]