> The grenades fired from a mk19 are longer and use higher pressure
> propellant than shoulder fired 40mm.


That's what I was thinking. Have any tanks, APCs, or tractors been  
equipped with small-arm sized anti tank rifles?

—Mike M

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On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:22 AM, "[email protected]" 
<[email protected] 
 > wrote:

> 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
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