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warrior poet · February 25, 2008, 09:11 PM

What you can use a grenade launcher for is limited only by the rounds you have for it.

Since someone mentioned the Mk19, I'll add a warning. Don't ever try to fire Mk19 rounds from a M203: the rounds are NOT interchangable. The Mk19 round works at a MUCH higher pressure and will cause the M203 / M79 (to include all the ol' bloopers out there) to EXPLODE. That's why the M203 / M79 reach out to 400m at a max, but the Mk19 is good past 2000m. Mixing those up makes for a really bad hair day.
FYI, my cousin's volunteer fire department has a sleeved M79- brings it down to 37mm. They've used it for all manner of things. Speciality rounds MAY be available through fire department supply companies. I don't know where they get theirs, so I'm guessing.

February 25, 2008, 09:11 PM	#12
warrior poet Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2007 Location: Whereever Uncle Sam wants to put me Posts: 415	What you can use a grenade launcher for is limited only by the rounds you have for it. Since someone mentioned the Mk19, I'll add a warning. Don't ever try to fire Mk19 rounds from a M203: the rounds are NOT interchangable. The Mk19 round works at a MUCH higher pressure and will cause the M203 / M79 (to include all the ol' bloopers out there) to EXPLODE. That's why the M203 / M79 reach out to 400m at a max, but the Mk19 is good past 2000m. Mixing those up makes for a really bad hair day. FYI, my cousin's volunteer fire department has a sleeved M79- brings it down to 37mm. They've used it for all manner of things. Speciality rounds MAY be available through fire department supply companies. I don't know where they get theirs, so I'm guessing. __________________ Trigger control: The skillful manipulation of the trigger, which causes the weapon to fire, while maintaining sight alignment and sight picture.