Marines carry a six-pack attack

[Preacherman]

It's a South African weapon. It's been in service with the South African armed forces since the mid-1980's. I handled and fired one there in the late 1980's, and was favorably impressed. It's now been licensed for US manufacture if a major order comes through.

 

[hank327]

What Preacherman said.

I remember reading about this weapon in Soldier of Fortune back in the 80's when all unpleasantness was going on in Angola and the surrounding area.
Always wondered why it never appeared over here as it seemed like an improvement over the M203. Better late than never I suppose...

 

[YellowLab]

Cause its not tacticle without rails! Where else would you hang the laser, flashlight, swivel, forgrip and kitchen sink?

 

[spooney]

+1 on the buckshot, I am thinking about 7 to 9 oz of it?

 

[Balog]

I saw one of these with the unit that's relieving us here in Ramadi a few days ago. I was told they were never before issued, and they would rotate with the battalions in country. The stock appeared mighty similar to the VLTOR clubfoot, but I didn't get a chance to check it out closely. We were issued a limited number of 79's when I got here; dunno if these will replace or merely augment them.

 

[loose cannon]

my first thought is;i wonder when the seals are going to cut a few of them down.

as for buckshot the big problem here is newtons action/reaction law,they used to have a 40mm buckshot round but it only had a small shotgun like payload,you could make it take several ounces but the resulting recoil from a shoulder fired weapon using such a load would put you in the hurt locker.

may as well use a shotgun however a aluminum fletchet load may have potential.

 

[Balog]

Since the HE rounds weighs several ounces, I can't see why an equivalent amount of buck would be a problem. I'd think the issue would be more velocity. HE's are pretty slow; 5-600 fps I think. You'd need to crank that up for a buck load, thus increasing recoil.

 

[loose cannon]

iirc the vel for 203/m79 40mmhe rds is 250fps or thereabouts