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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.
The Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade (Kyrgyz: 25-чи Атайын Багыттагы "Скорпион" Бригадасы) or known simply as Scorpion Spetsnaz (Спецназ Скорпион) is a specialized Kyrgyz military unit in the country's Ground Forces. It is now considered to be one of the best armed formations in the armed forces.
Until 2008 [2] or 2013, Dmitry Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade. [3] [4] [5] The Brigade is reportedly taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [6]
GP-25 Kostyor [2] Soviet Union: Black Storm Defender [91] 40 mm VOG-25: M320 Grenade Launcher Module United States: 40×46mm: Used by special forces. [12] Stand-alone grenade launchers RGSh-30 Ukraine: 30×29mm: Used by special forces. [92] Fort-600 Ukraine: Fort-600A 40×46mm Used by paratroopers. [93] RGP-40 Poland: 40×46mm Used by special ...
GP-25, GP-30 and GP-34, under-barrel 40 mm grenade launchers for fragmentation and gas grenades; AGS-17 Plamya (Flame), 30 mm automatic grenade launcher; RPO-A Shmel (Bumblebee), infantry rocket flamethrower, currently replacing the older RPO Rys (Lynx) RPG-7D anti-tank rocket launcher, or more modern systems such as the RPG-22 and RPG-26
Russian border guards with a SVD and AKS-74s (in the photo, one of them is equipped with a GP-25); Air Assault Maneuver Group of the 32nd Novorossiysk Border Detachment of the FSB North Caucasus Regional Border Directorate, 2004. PKM machine gun; SVD; AK-74 series of rifles + GP-25/30/34 (options) KS-23 (and variants)
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The kit also comes with a punch used to drive out various pins and a device that aids in assembling the rate reducing mechanism. The GP-25 Grenade launcher can also be fitted onto the AKM. There is also the PBS-1 silencer from the 1960s, designed to reduce the noise when firing, mostly used by Spetsnaz forces and the KGB.