The Advantages of the MGL-140 for the Marine Corps

Abstract

The Marine Corps must recognize that they can no longer delay replacing the M203 with the Milkor MGL-140 multi-purpose grenade launcher. With smarter, advanced weapon systems, infantry Marines can improve their maneuvers with direct and indirect fire and achieve greater success on the urban battlefield. Although the Marine Corps would lose several M16A2s from its armories the MGL-140 is the right weapon system for the current operations being conducted by Marines abroad. This weapon system has the versatility needed to be useful for several decades to come.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA503773

Entities

People

  • O. F. Adeyemi

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Grenades
  • High Explosive Ammunition
  • High Explosives
  • Indirect Fire
  • Launchers
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • Private Military Companies
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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