The grenades fired from a mk19 are longer and use higher pressure propellant than shoulder fired 40mm. Fire mk19 ammo from shoulder launched and you will blow the barrel off.
On 31 Dec, 11:23, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > That's true, Greg, but no one would confuse a Mk 19 (a splendid piece > of light ordnance) with a field gun. Even firing its best > anti-vehicular round (HEDP), the Mk 19 is still firing a long-range > version of a grenade that can be fired from a shoulder-fired 40mm > grenade launcher, and even then, the range isn't that great. > > Or, to put it in perspective vis-a-vis armour battles... If I was an > infantry platoon commander in a fierce firefight with a similar enemy, > and a HMMWV showed up with a Mk19 on it, I'd be overjoyed. If I was > instead an armoured platoon commander in a fierce firefight against an > equal enemy, I'd tell the Mk19 guys to hide until it was over. In > tank-scale, the Mk19 is of so little use that it would be a liability. > > If we get into the 'special weapons to shoot at artillery crew' > discussion, I would support a Mk19 being such a weapon. But it should > not be an antitank weapon in-game. > > -- > Clark in Georgia -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
