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  2. GP-25 - Wikipedia

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    The GP-25 Kostyor ("Bonfire"), GP-30 Obuvka ("Shoe") and GP-34 are a family of Russian 40 mm under-barrel muzzleloaded grenade launchers for the AK family of assault rifles. [3] The acronym GP stands for Granatomyot Podstvolnyj , [ 3 ] "under-barrel grenade launcher" in Russian, and was adopted by Soviet forces in 1978.

  3. BS-1 Tishina - Wikipedia

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    The BS-1 RGA-86 "Tishina" (БС-1 "Тишина" [1]) / BS-1M 6S1 "Kanareyka" is a silenced Soviet 30mm grenade launcher. It was developed specifically for the Spetsnaz. It uses a bolt-action mechanism to load blanks into the chamber along with the 30mm grenade VOG-T (ВОГ-Т). Pulling the trigger ignites the blank which propels the grenade ...

  4. List of grenade launchers - Wikipedia

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    T85 grenade launcher: Combined Logistics Command: 40 mm grenade: Taiwan (Republic of China) 1992 Usable on T65, T86 and T91 assault rifles Type 2 rifle grenade launcher: 40mm Japan 1940s For the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles Type 91 grenade launcher: Norinco (China North Industries Corporation) 35 mm grenade (Non-lethal round) China 1991

  5. GM-94 - Wikipedia

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    The GM-94 (Russian: Гранатомет Магазинный образца 1994, Granatomet Magazinnyy obraztsa 1994, lit. "magazine-fed grenade launcher, model of 1994") is a pump action grenade launcher for use by Russian special and security forces.

  6. Grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    Soviet development of an underbarrel launcher for the AK rifle series began in 1966 and in 1978 produced the GP-25, a muzzle-loading device for the AK-74 rifle using a mortar-like grenade round which functions by venting its propellant through holes in the base; this is a variation of the high-low system used by Western rounds, with the base of ...

  7. RG-6 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    RG-6 is designed to fire all standard 40mm "caseless" grenades, available for the general issue GP-25 underbarrel launcher. The design of the RG-6 is, apparently, heavily influenced by the South African Milkor MGL grenade launcher, with some differences. The key difference is that the RG-6 uses "caseless" rounds, and thus its cylinder chambers ...

  8. Alongside modern Western arms, Ukraine uses custom-built ...

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    Ukraine has an arsenal of high-tech Western arms to fight Russian forces, but is also deploying custom-built mini-rocket launchers that use parts taken from a Soviet-era system. The "mini-Grad ...

  9. AGS-30 - Wikipedia

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    After the success of the AGS-17 in Afghanistan, the KBP Instrument Design Bureau began work on a new grenade launcher.The Russian army needed a weapon that could easily flush militants out of their fortified building hideouts.