Request: Weapon system added - MK-19 40mm grenade launcher.

[Tom P]

I know it's not a cool fancy toy for an aircraft but this would add some spice to the blue ground forces since they're lacking in capability in DCS. This weapon system has been around for a long time and I'm not sure why it's not in DCS. This would be a great addition to the American or blue light vehicles that have the M2 .50cal. The Mk-19 can be mounted on a tripod for dismounted operations(so can the .50cal) and mounted on vehicles. Some examples in DCS would be the ICV Stryker, HMMWV, MRAP.

Bonus: Plenty of public information on this. So getting resources/information is at the finger tips.

Simplification for DCS
Ammo: 40mm grenade belt fed. Plenty of ammo options. HEDP being the main round and can penetrate 3 inches of armor. "bye bye light red armor"
Ranges: Point target: 1,500 meters. Area target: 2,212 meters
Can be used as direct fire or indirect for area suppression.(Think of an automatic mortar.) Single round has a blast kill radius of 20ft. So a burst of 5-10 rounds can cover a lot of area. So any troops in the open are going to have a bad time, and... if they try to hide behind cover, most likely that cover is deleted or throw that system into indirect mode and rain down some rounds from above.

Are you getting what I'm putting down? TLDR It's pretty awesome and should be in the game for blue ground forces. 

[razo+r]

The AAV7 that's in the game already has the grenade launcher.

[Tom P]

5 hours ago, razo+r said:

The AAV7 that's in the game already has the grenade launcher.

Fully tracking but it needs to be reworked and the MK-19 itself should be more available