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The AKS-74U cannot mount a bayonet or standard under-barrel grenade launcher. However, a suppressed 30 mm BS-1 grenade launcher was developed specifically for that platform that fires a high-explosive dual purpose (HEDP) grenade.
When, during the late 1970s, the Soviet army switched over to 5.45×39mm ammunition, 7.62mm AKMS assault rifles with PBS-1 silencer were replaced with 5.45mm AKS-74UB compact assault rifles with PBS-4 silencers. The original GSN-19 grenade launcher was slightly reworked, mainly bolt, sight and barrel group.
The 80.002 was a combined assault rifle and grenade launcher prototype based on the AK-74. The weapon was developed at TsNIITochMash by Yu.V. Minaev, V.I. Chelikin, and G.A. Yanov between 1975 and 1979. The main difference from the Kalashnikov is the presence of two adjacent barrels of 5.45 mm and 12.7 mm respectively. [2]
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.
The PMR grenade launcher is a muzzle-fired grenade launcher of Transnistrian origin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The device is inserted on the muzzles of AKS-74U rifles. References
AR-M2 / AR-M2F - improved AK-47 like the AR-M1/AR-M1F, but with a shortened barrel, AKS-74U-like front sight base and muzzle booster/flash suppressor hybrid. AR-M4SF - extremely short development of the AKS-74 with red dot sight, provision to mount a night vision or laser sight and features a thumb-operable fire selector. Chambered in 5.56× ...
Armored car/Missile launcher 40 [10] Equipped with 9K111-1 Konkurs ATGM [9] MT-LB Soviet Union: Missile launcher vehicle 6 [9] Equipped with 9P149 Shturm [9] Self-propelled artillery; 2S1 Gvozdika Soviet Union: 122mm Self-propelled howitzer 60 [9] Semser Soviet Union: 122mm Self-propelled howitzer 6 [9] 2S3 Akatsiya Soviet Union: 152mm Self ...
40 mm automatic grenade launcher. Kaveh-30: Automatic grenade launcher Iran Soviet Union: 30mm automatic grenade launcher. GP-25: Grenade launcher Soviet Union: 40mm under-barrel grenade launcher. Used by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [citation needed] M79: Grenade launcher United States: 40mm shoulder-fired grenade launcher. Unguided anti ...