Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Mark19 automatic grenade launcher from the turret of a Humvee at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 1, 2017. The Mark 19 is designed to suppress and destroy enemy threats, and fires 40 mm high-explosive grenades at up to 375 rounds a minute. BLT 3/5 is currently deployed as the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Weapons Company is the heavy-weapons element of BLT 3/5. Their arsenal includes heavy machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank weapons. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)
| Date Taken: | 06.01.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.02.2017 04:30 |
| Photo ID: | 3444106 |
| VIRIN: | 170601-M-PJ332-070 |
| Resolution: | 1200x800 |
| Size: | 646.55 KB |
| Location: | CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 69 |
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