A personal grenade launcher - operated in support of small unit actions by an individual.

As opposed to planned fire missions re: artillery, or even (larger) grenade launchers that operate off of Strykers or mortar attacks coordinated at the platoon or company level.

I remain unconvinced that I would want to launch anything that explodes around a corner ....

"Personal" versus "vehicle mounted" or "squad."

The MK19 40mm Machine Gun weighs about 140 pounds, and fires a couple of hundred 40mm grenades a minute.

It's the kind of grenade launcher you use for home defense.

Go ahead. Make my day.

I didn't realize this at first, but that's basically just a regular Glock pistol with a silencer nestled into the whole Cornershot system in the top two photos. I guess you just drop in your handgun and you're ready to party.

A Glock?

Well then I suggest you handle it only if you are the only qualified person in the room to do so safely!!!

Damn, I loved that video.

My right to carry a grenade launcher and kill a commie for mommie (gawd, my Military Training Instructors in Basic were a riot!) is something I take very personally.

It's a very old idea. Someone look up the German StG 44 assault rifle with the Krummlauf attachment. That was a no-shit curved barrel and periscope rig.

The 40mm grenade launcher has to be a joke. The recoil would put your retargeting time at about half an hour.

--because you would have to go and find the weapon after each shot.

The USA having these weapons is just not fair :)

I thought the recoil from a 40mm was somewhat less than a shotgun? In any case, it's from a verrah short barrel, so muzzle velocity isn't very high, and no doubt for this application they could use a lighter load of propellant.

SGT Dan--If that's like what I'm thinking of, we had 'em for the M3 Grease Gun as well. But it was basically a barrel extension you could slap on to shoot around a hedgerow or whatever.

Seems like a tactical drawback, since you couldn't see what you were shooting at, and if you missed, you couldn't shoot straight when they came around the corner. I think this new gizmo has a servo motor that flips it right, left, and center as needed.

But compared to the M3 and the Stg44, it's a definite reduction in firepower and rate of fire. But if you put in a Desert Eagle with the long barrel, you've got a pretty powerful carbine.

While we're at it:

Shark-skin hulls for the Navy.

I wouldn't bother with the damned thing myself. I'd rather take my handy mechanic's mirror that lived on the front of my flak jacket, sweep around the corner, and go high-man low-man and go for it. You'd do more to reveal your position with the thing than you would just going and clearing it.

And no, a M203 doesn't kick that badly. Less than my '03 Springfield, and definitely less than my shotguns.

SGT Dan,

I sent an email to your hotmail account with a question.

I dont actually have anything to say. Im just tired of seeing that "torture and rape" spam in the recent comments section. Loose shit of the most fucked up variety.

I know. But it's very hard to screen this stuff out.

People are already complaining about all the banned words they can't use in the comments.

While we are discussing guns...

Did you know that there is a major Kerfuffle brewing in Florida, because Jeb nominated the first (and only) female President of the National Rifle Association to the Florida Women's Hall of Fame?

NOW, of course, plans to protest her selection.

Read about it here if you are interested:

http://www.allalongtheblogtower.blogspot.com/

I know return you to what is, after all, Ace's blog. :)

That is so awesome. Just like the robot soldier! You saw that one in Feb, right? If not, here's the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16robots.html?th=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1108552833-m9oTMEmUHKAmGJqD8ggkhw

Yes, but where can I order it?

. . . and don't forget! it was invented and developed in Israel.

Until they make a potato gun that shoots around corners, I shall remain unimpressed.

Just so everyone knows....weapons like these are a long, long way from actually being implemented in a tactical environment. We're talking decades...

Dude, I can DESIGN a 90 degree potato gun. If they make pipe fittings for it, it can be made. Shoot me an e-mail and I'll bore you on the subject.

LOL at Sgt Dan.

Do you do your "boring" before or after you "rifle" through your "high-calibre" e-mails?

*makes a dives for the wishlist* MOMMY! *points to the pretty pictures* I want one for my birthday!

Sweet stuff. Keep posting things like this!

No, I mean I'll really rattle on with annoying weapons-tech shit until your eyes glaze. I mean I work with guys who pack full-autos for a living, and I bore THEM.