Talk:Mk 19 grenade launcher

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Why is this in the "Out of service 'Obsolete'" section?

[edit] Reliability

This weapon is incredibly deadly when it works right. I shot one at a range once, it's amazing. The downside is that they can be incredibly unreliable, and stop working without any rhyme or reason. Clearing them is also hard and time consuming. If you get stuck with a bad one, you'll quickly find that's it's faster to fire 40 grendes with and M203. I've talked to people who say if you have to ride with one mounted on a vehicle to keep your rifle handy, because you just can't trust it to work. But still it's incredible when it does work right. Also I'd like to mention that most video games give it a very unrealisticly slow firing rate. The Mk19 lobs out HE almost as fast as a M240 fires bullets. Ultratone85 06:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Machine gun vs. grenade launcher

Every military ref I've ever seen (TM08521A/09761A-23&P/2A & NAVMC 1017 TAM search for TAMCN E0994(7M)) lists the Mk-19 as a machinegun, and not a grenade launcher. I'm thinking we should change the article's name... bahamut0013 ♠♣ 17:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)