A machine gun that fires 300 grenades per minute_MK19 - All about grenades Part 4

[@huverdoose]

I was one of my unit's MK19 gunners, and I can confirm that it has a barrel on the front.

[@datadavis]

Outstanding, private!

[@dhbroussard89]

Loved the Mark, always ran well and easy to clean....

[@williamjones6053]

I knew I should have signed up ..missed some cool stuff ...hey man thanks for your service and wilfully defending others freedoms and rights ..you got guts ..

[@tonyincs]

lol

[@odinsson204]

I’m glad you cleared that up. 😂😂😂

[@echonova3125]

I served in the South Korean Army, 12th Mountain Div, Regimental Recon, and I remember getting my hands on these K-4s (South Korean licensed version of Mark19). One thing as a senior squad member of the crew-served weapons team, is to teach the newly arrived privates how to load and fire these 40mm GMGs or .50cal HMGs. And I can assure you the most painful thing was to explain them why you have to pull the charging handle, and let the bolt go, then pull the charging handle once more to get the gun into ready-to-fire state. If we had educational videos like this back then, things would've been much more easier lol

[@kiddkuru]

I served in Call of Duty and I used these in the shooter game

[@baloog8]

Should've just said once to load, once to position it to the barrel. Its complicated... Now just follow orders!

[@andreapehjerne8490]

Best explanation and graphics ever.

[@ffjsb]

The robo-voice SUCKS, and the grammar is terrible...

[@peterszenkowski7769]

some vids in action be better yet

[@1stsarge86]

As a former MK19Mod3 instructor this video was nicely done. Remember kids always lube your MK19Mod3 daily. Otherwise your high pressure grenade launcher might jam and no one needs that kinda of pressure.

[@PatTheRiot]

Its funny I was thinking just that. Jams or cook-offs must be a joy for the nerves. Glad to see an instructor would be stressing that part out 🤣

[@erich.2550]

Awesome commentary. I fell in love with this weapon in Marine Corps boot camp in '90.

[@bmck5002]

Would be nice to see it in action. That's honestly why I clicked this.

[@cacinaz8802]

I used to work for General Dynamics (formerly GE) in Burlington, VT back in the mid 90s. We made the GAU-19 (50cal). I was told they used to mount a mk19 on one side of a gunship (usually a Blackhawk) and a GAU-19 on the other side. Immense lethality.

[@thejp8152]

i have never heard of the GAU-19 until now, and then looked it up. jesus christ, that thing is badass.

[@cacinaz8802]

@@thejp8152 Yes, they also mounted these guns onto Humvees. The larger weapon systems like the Phalanx CIWS are used on ships for anti-missile defense. Used to go to the Ethan Allen Firing Range to watch testing. Terrifying! The entire building shook when that thing went off, and it took a second to throw 125 rounds downrange. We also made the GAU-8 Avenger (20mm) for the A-10 Warthog.

[@MrGrace]

Yikes.

[@jameswilkinson6637]

Yes, I worked for GDT where they made thes

[@jameswilkinson6637]

@@cacinaz8802 the A-10 Thunderbolt II had a 30mm GAU-8A Gatling gun The cartridges were DU projectiles and could punch holes in armor and other targets.

[@artemvelichko459]

What a gift to the translators of the operating and maintenance manual! Thanks from Ukraine, Mscope!

[@brianskocypec105]

Fun fact: The MK19 can be used in the VR game “Hotdogs, Horseshoes, and Handegrenades”

[@albee_fuqtifanno8595]

For ages i searched KZbin for weapons and how they function, but only to see old videos that weren't really informative. Until now, your channel is superb and now were in an age where war is very common its great to see how things work. Cheers from Scotland :)

[@redriders7149]

After firing this MONSTER at a range on Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton California. I called my Dad that night, I said Dad if you had 2 of these mounted on top of 2 F-250 pickups, 4 men could put any city under siege in minutes. The national guard or a local Air Force base would have to be called immediately. The damage the MK19 can inflict in a very short time is amazing. Imagine if Godzilla were real. That is a MK19 going down any street anywhere in the world. For Real!!!

[@herberar]

Really clear and to the point. Thanks a lot!!!

[@whattheworldsneedswhatneed774]

This is what I call a history channel.

[@ziar25]

I've just watched all 4 parts about grenades and I'm full of admiration for the quality of animation and the way of explanation how grenades work. I salute you. Well done!!!

[@themadasshatter1088]

Mechanical version of "You see that guy over there? F*ck that guy."

[@levistoner]

Got to shoot one of these during MCT in LeJeune. About 30 yrs ago now, boy the time does fly.

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

Hope you didnt drink the water

[@darrylbunch6929]

Makes a great Christmas gift !

[@edwardramirez8550]

I fired the M79, and M203! Never got to fire this awesome weapon

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

I have always been interested in weapon design and function, the mk. 19 was always something that I found interesting, your explanation on it's function was well done. I never would have guessed it's loading procedure.

[@sim.frischh9781]

It´s fascinatingly simple, right? Almost like an oversized PPSh-41, it fires simply by the sear getting out of the way.

[@zen8704]

its like an oversized straight blowback open bolt smg that shoots 40mikes

[@TheHiredGun187]

If you are into weapon design and function may I suggest you play the video game simulation called "World of Guns: Gun Disassembly". That game lets you assemble and disassembly a number of different weapons from a number of different countries. I have shot AK-47 before in real life.Playing World of Guns taught me to assemble and disassemble that AK all the way down Also Bonus...it free to play

[@studenthigh8120]

Test

[@jameswilkinson6637]

I worked for the major producers at MAAP of the 40mm cartridges for the MK-19 and M203 launchers. I had all the drawings on the MK-19 and M203 for inspection, maintenance and cartridge testing. We mfg probably 62% of all types of conventional munitions 40mm, 60mm 81mm, 120mm,155mm, 5 and 8 inch, projectiles, 2 000 lbs bombs and missiles for all the services. Complete automated manufacturing assembly on most items.

[@williamwilson6499]

Wish these were around when I was a grunt…76-79. I could drop a round anywhere I wanted with the M203, but sending multiple rounds down range would have been so sweet.

[@jameswilkinson6637]

Hand cranked MK-18 on Army RVP Boats on NAM rivers. Also had the 40mm grenade launcher M129 on the gunships then. The low velocity hand held Launcher, 40mm M79 (known as the blooper). I worked with all these cartridges and weapons. Great job with four top companies producing the cartidges.

[@jameswilkinson6637]

They now have a multiple 6 shot to replace the 40mm, M203. It is the 40mm, M32 launcher. Check it out. Uses same munitions as M203.

[@mxcollin95]

Love your channel man! Great stuff…please keep it up! 🤙

[@elskid206]

350 shots PER MINUTE. This just keeps getting better.

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Or in D&D terms you’re casting 35 fireballs a round 😂

[@1776adb]

I carried an 79 in Nam. One at a time, but very effective.

[@BiLdoEMcLown]

That'd end a riot pretty quick

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I have a British friend that said this is the most American Military weapon he's ever seen, a machine gun that shoots grenades. When I was in Afghanistan, it was one of the few weapons the Taliban were truly terrified of and as soon as you ripped off a few rounds at them, they'd make a hasty retreat. They're badass support weapons! You can even use them for indirect fire too, the Marines call it 'playing golf'.

[@davidradich9342]

Most fun weapon to shoot next to the m-2. Got to shoot in the Persian Gulf while on deployment in the navy.

[@JohnNordic]

Thank you. I now know how to operate an MK19 grenade machinegun.

[@duggraves1213]

As a Corpsman I remember seeing Marines flip a huge tire dozens of yards off of the ground using a Mk19. I was immediately in love with this weapon!

[@reedr1659]

Awesome. Let's cram a bunch of these on a C-17 and fly them to an undisclosed location in Eastern Europe. I know of some guys that would probably love these things. 🇺🇦

[@brianmungermusic1744]

I agree !!!!!!

[@themulletteer6839]

Love at first sight. First danced with this lady in Ft. McClellan, AL in 1992.

[@SU-tw3nn]

Wow, your videos are so detailed and well made, great work man. You gained a sub from me.

[@pizzarollking4397]

Love these videos. Keep up the work!

[@mrnoname6327]

I was a primary gunner on this in 2004-2005. Including training I've sent out a few thousand rounds with this bad boy. I loved having this thing mounted up. Not going to lie it could be a pain in the butt when having to single load it or just hauling it around. Pretty sure this weighs more than a M2 without the barrel and this barrel could not be removed.

[@brianfoley4328]

That was one outgodamnstanding brief...well done.

[@rexpayne7836]

Excellent content and presentation. Great channel. 👍

[@stevewhisperer6609]

Excellent video!! 👍👍

[@yatyas311]

Fired this often in the Marine Corps.... Man I miss shooting this thing! Loved seeing those rounds leave the barrel.

[@JOECURR1488]

My favorite weapon system when I was a soldier.

[@tonyincs]

It can fire 350 a minute. But you ain't loading it that fast! About the only way you will get a malfunction is if the linkage slides on the casing. Which generally happens when you are trying to handle the belt too quickly. Great illustration of the MKI9!

[@MayDayFPV369]

The ammo belts can be linked together

[@fatima-themulhida7488]

Thanks for educating videos...

[@임석근-t5j]

k-4

[@retirednavy8720]

Qualified as expert on the MK-19 when I was with Riverine Squadron One.

[@eandin2005]

Finally understand what firing from open bolt position is.

[@zaiks0105]

Foot Soldja: What is that thing on the roof top? Ooooh, I'm done .... ain't no moving forward!

[@Ezekiyam382]

The way it moves the next round reminds me of the Maxim gun

[@marouaniAymen]

One of my favorite KZbin channels, thanks

[@sshray1115]

Awesome 🔥 explanation & graphics

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

Really amazing explanation. Imagine if they designed an electric grenade minigun though

[@jameswilkinson6637]

They have it already.

[@Onix.556]

This was absolutely my favorite weapon the Army has

[@AC-uw4il]

damn grunts really looked at the 50 Cal. machine gun and said what if we make it shoot grenades too

[@jaymac7203]

Incredible working diagram I'm speechless wow 👏👏👏

[@aaronjameshorne]

Watched several videos from this channel and learned a lot

[@fallenangel2213]

I love all of u guys from this channel

[@whatsreal7506]

Very informative, clear, and...cool!

[@kevinhonaker9468]

I was in through the 80s at Ft Benning, Ft Bragg, Fort Polk, during active duty and also various places with the NG and I have never seen one of those!

[@ktiger1766]

Mk 19 come to the Army about 90s ,so not many old vet have chances to see it!? The Marine have it first!

[@MPdude237]

Neat video. I didn't know that the belt segment stays attached to the grenade when it gets pulled.

[@abhishekmahanta1112]

Wow Nice info bro with awesome art visuals.

[@CJ-nt4cs]

Your videos depicting the engineering involved in these awesome machines is the best. I remember back in the 1980s when my dad was doing drawings on a good old fashioned drawing board. Dad and I were the only suppliers of a lockwire used to hold the tail cone assembly to the rocket body of the Hydra 70 from 1985 until 2015. Every single Hydra 70 rocket fired in Afghanistan was held together with a part build by either me or my dad. 233AS116 Lockwire. Could you please do a video on the hydra 70 and its history? General dynamics has hundreds of documents with my signature

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

As a brand new pv1 First time I shot live rounds from the mk19 it jammed . I've never sweated so much at one time ever in my life I thought the round was gonna cook off . The instructor I think SSG Guilliman was able to fix it and life went on . Except for my tidy browns we're drenched .

[@jamesscott2894]

Even though I was like "No s**t Sherlock" at the "there's a barrel in the front and a cover on top" and normally don't like AI generated voice vids... overall I thought this was actually a good overview, and I liked the details of the operation and charging and firing cycle with nice clear animation showing exactly what you were talking about, well done. I admit I was hoping for something with a bit more info on the history/development of the Mk18 and failed Mk19 Mods 0, 1, and 2 and how the current Mod 3 came about/is different/improved upon from those models, but I can't seem to find any good videos on that topic anyway, so with the focus on the current AGL, this was pretty solid

[@michaelcampbell3120]

Excellent video I wish we seen them when I served in the airbourne rangers I learned on the battlefield

[@cambodianriverpig7613]

Your channel is incredible.

[@adityaiskandarsunanda1178]

Great explaination and nice animation....

[@fsj197811]

That was good, thanks for sharing.

[@JorgeDiaz-vu1pe]

¡Es un vídeo muy interesante y lo bien realizado que esta,me encanta tu trabajo amigo gracias!👍😊

[@enge1369]

Animation Fantastic 👏💯

[@therealblt]

Reminds me of flares and the guns we played with as kids in germany.

[@johntimlin6664]

I LOVED shooting the mark 19

[@johntimlin6664]

I loved taking walls insurgents in a van or pickup truck 😁😄😆😅🤣😂😁

[@gunner7205]

What a masterpiece 👌🏼

[@Anmatgreen]

Looking at how that action works, basically it's just a Maxim machine gun upscaled to 40 mm.

[@joshy0369]

Pretty cool ✌ 😎

[@jeromeavila3195]

Nice video!

[@ziasafi5893]

Dear Sir, many thanks for uploading such kind of informative videos. Please if you could add the mechanism of Recoilless Projectiles. Thank you

[@greggreg2263]

I definitely need one of these would make for a fun Saturday night😁😄🙌😕

[@HuzaifaKhan-e3t2o]

God work sir but you had not describe in this video. How gernade of this machine gun works!

[@Ukraine-is-Corrupt]

These things would be fantastic for commercial fishing

[@bitkrusher5948]

Oh yeah one of my faves .....took out some T72 Russian tanks with those in the gulf war.

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

Nah, you didnt.

[@Songchou_Gaming]

MK19 Lore 👍

[@bhuralal5299]

Thanks for sharing this technology

[@specialk5070]

so many times drunk at the range late at night shootin mk19 havin a party 🚬🗿💨🇺🇸🤘 Rock Steady!

[@robertg.2111]

I had no idea such a weapon existed, and it's old! One of these could decimate a rushing opposing force in the open, probably has. There's no way that mag held 300 rounds, how fast does it run out of ammo all out?

[@jameswilkinson6637]

Ammo is in reusable metal cans, one with 32 cartridges or one with 48 cartridges. Change out is very quick.

[@19Frankie74]

Great video! If the grenade had finns, would it fly longer do you think? To get it to 5km accurately it would need more than just power right?

[@markpinther9296]

barrel in front and a cover in back… brilliant.

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

At 2km, is there such a thing as a grenadier sniper?

[@przemyawkubin5808]

Perfect job👍

[@the23rdradiotower41]

Are these what were in the Huey Cobras?

[@ktiger1766]

Not the same gun!

[@frankedgar6694]

300 rounds per minute. I wonder who humps all the weight of those rounds when you’re going 20 clicks into the bush.

[@tjtheo3584]

The mk19 is 99% used either defensively or mounted on a vehicle for this reason. Ammo comes in 64round cans, and those are quite heavy by themselves. Weapon system weighs 77 plus feed throat and ammo can, mounted on 44 pound tripod.

[@shirleymatthews2980]

I want one of those thanks for video

[@MegaThegnome]

Just what the world needs right now!

[@joshuaschalesky]

What's truly terrifying here is that you got the Safety controls backwards lol

[@koopatroopa7968]

Florida man: i'Ll TaKe YoUr EnTiRe StOcK!!1!1

[@woodshed_moments]

That's a pretty revolutionary piece of equipment, I have always long contended that the shift to Urban warfare, is going to include grenadier's as a part of squad allocation, a piece like this can go a long way to driving even deeply embedded insurgents out of their strongholds. Also from a tactical perspective is a great way to break up open field running from infantry and light armored vehicles. This is a pretty badass Little weapon system.

[@deleter1823]

can be used for mobile action ,Moters , Mechs ,and even a drone

[@kippert8912]

I don't really know much about explosives and I thought the maximum effective range of a 40mm was like a hundred feet, not a mile! Over the years, humans have gotten good at launching deadly things farther.

[@chrissmith7669]

You can give anyone within a hundred feet a very bad day. I was our squads M203 gunner and loved my tennis ball launcher.

[@SolarWarden613]

AWE I WANT ONE😆

[@chrismcfizzle]

I got to be behind one in Iraq....awesome piece

[@Sarcastrophus]

I loved every time I got to shoot one of these while I served

[@johnc2438]

A real "blyat" machine! I carried an M-79 in Vietnam, occasionally (and always made sure I had my Colt 1911A1 handy, just in case).

[@lalisa5532]

Love your videos

[@eastindiaV]

They should splice the mark 19, get 2 barrels working on 1 trigger, with a clockwork mechanism, ensuring one barrel fires after the other, and when stopped, the next barrel always is the first to fire. That way, you would double the rate of fire, but each individual barrel heats up at the same rate per trigger pull, as a normal mark 19.

[@extavourbryan3467]

I would like to see a video on how a chain gun works