"This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” – VADM James Stockdale, USN
Saturday Training Block: Grenade Launchers, M203 And M320
M4 Carbine with M203 Grenade LauncherPrimary function: Anti-personnel, light materiel targets and less-than-lethal. Length: Buttstock closed 29.75 in.; buttstock opened 33.0 in.; M203 — 15.3 in. with 12 in. barrel. Weight: 7.5 lbs. with 30-round magazine; M203 — 3 lbs. Caliber: 5.56 mm NATO.; M203 — 40 mm. Maximum effective range: Individual/ point target: 500 meters, area target: 600 meters; M203 — individual/point target: 150 meters; area target: 350 meters (50 percent casualty rate of exposed personnel within a 5-meter radius). Cyclic rate of fire: 700-970 rounds per minute; M203 — 5-7 rounds per minute.
