Mk 19 Mod 3 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher Training & Testing

Training video of US Soldiers & US Marines while participating in a live-fire range using the MK19 40mm Grenade Launcher (some footage includes the FGM-148 Javelin and BGM-71 TOW Missile). The purpose of the training is to improve accuracy, communication abilities and suppressive fire capabilities with the MK-19 grenade launchers. The training exercise focused on enhancing a wide variety of skillsets for the participating such as the opportunity to build confidence and proficiency skills on some of the crew-served weapons they operate while providing security in a deployed environment. The Mk 19 grenade launcher (pronounced Mark 19) is an American 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher. The first model (Mod 0) in 1966 was determined to be unreliable and unsafe, but a total of six Mod 1 launchers were successfully tested on U.S. Navy riverine patrol craft in the Mekong Delta in 1972. The Navy made further improvements to the weapon, resulting in the Mod 3 in 1976. The Mod 3 was adopted by the U.S. Army in