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Length
Carried:
firing:
Weight
Carried:
Firing:
SPECIFICATIONS
29.9 inches
54 inches
16.6 pounds
30.5 pounds
Max Effective
Range: 500 meters
SMAW
The Shoulder-
Launched, Multipurpose
Assault Weapon is an
83mm man-portable
weapon system consisting
of a launcher, a High
Explosive, Dual Purpose
rocket,a High Explosive
Anti-Armor rocket and a
spotting rifle cartridge.
The MK153 Mod 0
launcher is based on the
Israeli B-300 and consists
of a fiberglass launch tube,
a 9mm spotting rifle, an
electro-mechanical firing
mechanism and open battle
sights.
The 9mm spotting
rounds are ballistically
matched to the rockets and
increase the gunner’s first
round hit probability.
The HEDP rocket is
effective against bunkers,
concrete walls and light
armor. The HEAA rocket is
used against current tanks.
The rockets are
loaded at the rear of the
launcher.
The MK19 40mm
machine gun, MOD 3, is an
air-cooled, disintegrating
metallic link-belt fed,
blowback operated, fully
automatic weapon and is
crew transportable with
MK-19 Grenade Launcher
limited amounts of
ammunition.
It can fire a variety of
40mm grenades. The M430
HEDP 40mm grenade will
pierce armor up to 2 inches
thick, and will produce
fragments to kill personnel
within 5 meters and wound
personnel within 15 meters
of the point of impact.
The MK19 also
mounts in the up-gunned
weapons station of the
assault amphibian vehicle
and vehicle ring mounts.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 43.1 inches
Weight:
Muzzle
Velocity:
137.5 pounds
790 feet/sec.
Max. Effective
Range: 1600 meters
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