#M203

[gentlenmensarts]

[karagin22]

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

[the-political-one]

A standalone M203

this reddit thread of living your silliest life is so so good

[d3dz3d]

LMT M203

[nadal-designer]

[maple-unfortunate]

[captain-price-unofficially]

A rebel fighter in Monrovia wearing a dress armed with an M16A1 + M203 grenade launcher. Liberian Civil War, 1992

[tactical-weapons]

Colt Firearms MFG.CO. - M16A2 M203 GL

[usmccigardad]

Who needs a cover when you have Gars and Grenade Launchers!?!?

[gunzlotzofgunz]

LMT 12" Rail Mount Pistol Grip M203 40MM Grenade Launcher

40mm stand-alone weapon.  Designed as a stand alone pistol grip weapon system it includes the LMT frame for rail mounted M203.  Utilizes 12″ 40mm 1:48″ RH twist barrel. Built of aerospace aluminum it includes an LMT ergonomic grip.

[venomous-ragno]

Writing advice...

... About military things by soldier :)

You wanna write a story with a militaristic setting, like CoD or R6S? But you don't know much about military related stuff and don't know where to start?

Well, lucky for you or not I know what that feels like and I've also got the combat / real life experience to help ya out!

Feel free to hop in my askbox or dm's and ask questions. I'll gladly elaborate and do my best to answer in full and plenty.

Disclaimer: My experiences and knowledge are mostly based on the German military, the Bundeswehr. They may differ from those of other countries.

Happy writing y'all :)

Pt. 7 / ?: Military jargon

I thought it'd be fun to do while I brood over all my other wips and future writing advice posts. There's a lot more jargon than I list in this post, but I needed some kinda start and end to this so I just wrote down all the terms I've heard and / or used myself.

Ally: How cool someone looks in uniform / gear. Speacial forces are automatically 'ally'

Bird: Helicopters, jets, drones, basically any kind of flying military equipment

Chest candy: Medals and ribbons worn on a uniform

Civy: Civilian (who doesn't serve in the military)

Demilitarised zone: Area in which any type of military force is banned

Expectant: A casualty who's expected to die

End Ex: Training exercise / event is over (a soldiers favourite words)

FOB: Forward Operating Base

Gunner: Service member operating heavy artillery

Green time machine: Sleeping bag

Helo: Helicopter

IED: Improvised Explosive Device

Jack: Selfish person or someone who disappears any time there's work to be done

Klick: Kilometer

Lizard: Someone who routinely screws up or a civy wearing military gear / uniforms for 'fashion purposes'

(40) Mike-Mike: Grenade launcher (either 40mm or M203)

Mincing: Procrastinating or being very slow while carrying out a task

Nails: Hard as nails

NIGS: New in Greens - soldier straight out of basic training

Outstanding: Very much not outstanding

Paddy: Irish soldier

P8: Mental health issue ("Going P8 in the block")

Quebec: Letter Q of the NATO alphabet

RV: Rendevouz - meeting up at a so called rendevouz point (meeting point)

Smoke: Punishing a service member with excessive scolding / physical work

Tango: Letter T in the NATO alphabet, also stands for enemy ("Tango in sight")

Ulu: Remote / rural area

Voluntold: Assignment that is technically vountary, but actually mandatory

Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrott: NATO alphabet letters meaning WTF

X-device: Radio navigation equipment used on aircrafts

Yoyo: Young Officer in training

Zone of fire: Area designated for help from above, aka fire support

[suicidegrunt0311]

MP-5 WITH M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER 🩸

[freetheshit-outofyou]

Sharing an old post I made.

Today on the radio they were debating FAIR and EQUAL. They seemed to be lost in their assumption of their own topic. They want things in life to be fair and equal for everyone, that is not a possibility. That’s like wanting to swim and stay dry at the same time.

In 1989 the Army taught me all about fair and equal in one event. On a force march the platoon was all souped up and was given a leisure break to contemplate failure and our need to correct ourselves. We received purpose, direction and motivation to make those corrections from our ever-loving Drill Sergeants who were always attentive to our need and to make needed corrections in the most hasty and effective means possible. On that day that came in the form of rifle drills.

When that command came to assume the start position I had a deep internal smile, see I was an M60 gunner and they were not going to make us do rifle drills with M60’s. So yeah, I had a big grin going on inside. The M16A1’s we had were 7 pounds 8 ounces, 10 pounds 8 ounces if they had an M203 on them but the M60 was just shy of 24 pounds. So it was with great glee that I would be sitting this one out.

Senior Drill Sergeants Stewart even addressed us M60 gunners in front of the whole formation, I can still remember his exact words, and this is where I learned about fair and equal. “M60 gunners, I hate it for you, get them up.” In his calm even toned voice. So every one of us M60 gunners assumed the rifle down position and on the count of one hoisted those machineguns over our heads. The tide had turned, because now every M16 and M203 operator had huge shit eating grin visible on their faces.

The platoon had screwed the pooch running around the Alabama forest like a monkey trying to hump a greased football.

Was it fair that we all shared in that loving correcting even if we were all not responsible for the failure?

Was it equal that gunners with weapons almost 3 times the weight of the M16 had to bask in the heart felt course correction administered by the Drill Sergeant?

In this moment I learned that fair rarely translates to equal and equal will rarely be fair. I think people confuse the two and want them to be the same when they just are not.

[bloodstainedstar]

Please note: This section will be updated from time to time.

Model 1903 Springfield

M1911A1

Model 1928 Thompson

Model 1941 Johnson

COP 357 Derringer (4 Shot)

Intratec TEC-38 (2 Shot)

Glock 17

Glock 19

SIG-Sauer P220

SIG-Sauer P226

SIG-Sauer P226 Super Capacity Tactical

SIG-Sauer P226R

SIG-Sauer MPX

Sa. Vz. 61 Skorpion

MK 13 Mod 0 Grenade Launcher

Barret M107A1

Beretta 92FS Inox

Milkor MGL

Colt M4A1 Rifle with a M203 Grenade Launcher

M249 SAW Paratrooper

Walther PPK

STI Perfect 10

Gerber MK II

Benchmade SOCP 176BK

Gerber Yari II Tanto

Modified gear:

Bates GX-8 Side Zip with Gore-Tex Boots

Rothco Ventec Tactical Goggles

5.11 Tactical Twill TDU Pants

Tactical Half Face Mask

Ball Grenade

M67 Grenade

Battering Ram

Grapple Device

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

Today’s stupid army thing is this airsoft replica of an XM148, an experimental under-barrel grenade launcher for the M16 family that is immediately obviously 1. very cool and 2. very stupid

The army ended up adopting the M203