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Mk19 colour
allycat
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 08:10 AM UTC
What colour are Mk19 automatic grenade launchers. I was going to paint it black with pencil lead overall. But I read that they were painted green. Humbrol or Tamiya colour references would be appreciated. The vehicle is a M1025 Humvee OIF.
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 08:24 AM UTC
Definitely not painted green. The ones I trained on were a dark metallic color, pencil lead color would be fairly close.
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 08:27 AM UTC
I second SABOT!!! The ones here in our Armament shop and at my unit are definately dark metalic.
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 08:44 AM UTC
Thanks Both.
It's what I first thought, but then decided to check.
Tom
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 11:28 AM UTC
All the photos I've seen show a parkerised dark grey finish, but the top cover always look much more black, is it made of a different material, or perhaps has a painted black finish rather than the parkerising of the rest of the weapon?
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Posted: Friday, June 17, 2005 - 11:34 AM UTC

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All the photos I've seen show a parkerised dark gray finish, but the top cover always look much more black, is it made of a different material, or perhaps has a painted black finish rather than the parkerised of the rest of the weapon?


It is possibly because the cover in an alloy that you can't parkerised so they would have painted or powder coated it. It is a lot like the M-60 MG. the top cover and aluminum parts were painted black and the rest was blued.
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