M3 tripod
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Mk 19 grenade launcher
The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher or grenade machine gun that entered U.S. military service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the Vietnam War and remaining in service today.-Overview:...
. The M3 tripod has a total weight of 20 kilograms (44 pounds). The XM205 tripod
XM205 tripod
The XM205 Lightweight Tripod for Heavy Machine Guns is the planned replacement for the current M3 tripod in support of the M2 machine gun and Mk 19 grenade launcher used in the United States armed forces...
is intended to replace it.
See also
- XM205 tripodXM205 tripodThe XM205 Lightweight Tripod for Heavy Machine Guns is the planned replacement for the current M3 tripod in support of the M2 machine gun and Mk 19 grenade launcher used in the United States armed forces...
- M2 tripodM2 TripodThe M2 Tripod is a U.S. machine gun tripod originally used with the Browning M1919 infantry machine gun. Since then, it has seen several redesigns, but remained largely the same. In this fashion, the M2 tripod has seen combat service in every conflict the U.S. Army and Marine Corps has been...
- M63 ground mountM63 ground mountThe M63 ground mount is a four-legged anti-aircraft weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun.The tripod itself weighs 65 kg and has a height of 106.7 cm with M2. It has a maximum elevation of 85°, depression of 29° and traverse of 360°.The mount is usually sandbagged in a hole with each...
- M122 tripodM122 tripodThe M122 tripod is a weapon mount used on the M60, M240 and M249 series machine guns. The M122 weighs 7.3 kilograms . The M122 tripod has started to be replaced by the M192 Lightweight Ground Mount, an advanced lightweight tripod fielded in the early 2000s....
- M192 Lightweight Ground MountM192 Lightweight Ground MountThe M192 Lightweight Ground Mount is a tripod fielded by the United States armed forces. It was designed and developed by Capco, Incorporated under contract through Picatinny Arsenal to replace the M122 tripod. The United States Army named the tripod one of 2005's top ten inventions...