Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Mark 19 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.

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