Favorite part of BCT

I have been asked by many what my favorite part of basic training was. Well, here it is:



This is the Mk19 Automatic Grenade Launcher! It will launch 40mm grenades at the rate of about 1/second. While they never let the recruits fire this weapon live, we did fire in simulation. We also practiced on the real thing. We practiced loading, unloading, setting it up, etc.

Anything that can put 60 grenades down-range in a minute is pretty cool. (As if I needed to say that.)

To learn more follow the links below:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mk19.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher

Aloha.