The U.S. Army Wants A Better Grenade Machine Gun

The Mk 19 has been in use since the Vietnam War. (Photo: Sgt. Katryn Tuton/Army)

Army Times: Army building a better grenade machine gun

A belt-fed grenade machine gun may sound deadly enough, but the Army wants to make the Mk 19 even more lethal, with improvements that could be fielded as early as 2018.

The goal? Improve the weapon’s muzzle velocity, cyclic rate (rounds per minute), reliability, ease of assembly, and accuracy.

The Army is pursuing this laundry list of objectives separately, with plans to later combine them into one upgrade package. Testing is expected in fiscal 2017, which starts Oct. 1, with fielding possible the next year.

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WNU Editor: I guess the U.S. Army wants what the Russian Army currently has (see link here).