AGS-30
AGS-30 | |
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![]() AGS-30 at MAKS 2009 | |
Type | Automatic grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 1995–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Second Chechen War 2008 South Ossetia war Syrian Civil War[1][2][3] Russo-Ukrainian War[4][5][6] Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
Production history | |
Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
Designed | 1990 |
Manufacturer | ZID[7] |
Produced | since 1995 |
Variants | AG-30M vehicle-mounted version |
Specifications | |
Mass | 16 kg unloaded |
Length | 1,165 mm |
Cartridge | 30×29mm grenade |
Caliber | 30 mm |
Action | Blowback |
Rate of fire | 400 round/min |
Muzzle velocity | 185 m/s |
Effective firing range | 2,100 m (with GPD-30 round)[8] |
Feed system | 29 grenade belt |
Sights | Adjustable telescopic sight, day-night sight, mechanical sight, portable radar |
The AGS-30 is a Russian automatic grenade launcher currently in production in Russia and in service with the Russian armed forces.
Description
Designed on the basis of AGS-17, the AGS-30 provides better mobility, longer range and better accuracy during firing. Significantly lighter than its previous version, the AGS-30 weighs 30 kg loaded, meaning it can be carried by one person. Using a specially designed GPD-30 grenade,[9] the AGS-30 can engage targets at 2100m.[10] Recoil is lessened with a smoother grenade ejection mechanism. An adjustable SAG-30 tripod mount (GRAU index 6P17) is also included.
Development
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. The new design proved to be effective, and it was officially adopted in 2002,[11] and was later adopted by the Russian Interior Ministry Troops.[12]
Ammunition
The AGS-30 is fed from special belt drums that hold 29 linked rounds.[13] The Loaded belt drum weighs about 14 kg. Spade grips are installed on a gun cradle integral to the tripod, instead of to the gun body. The AGS-30 can only fire in fully automatic. Standard sighting equipment is a 2.7X magnification PAG-17 optical sight.
AGS-30 uses standard VOG-17M, enhanced fragmentation VOG-30, VOG-30D[14] and extended range GPD-30 grenades.[15][10]
- VOG-17M (HE)
- IO-30 (HE)
- IO-30TP (Practice)
- VOG-30 (HE)
- VOG-30D (HE)
- VUS-30 (Smoke)
- GPD-30 (HE)
Variants
- AG-30M – Vehicle mounted version with electric trigger mechanism.
Users
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/AGS-30_Atlant_Users.png/220px-AGS-30_Atlant_Users.png)
Algeria[16]
India[17]
Namibia[18]
North Macedonia[19]
Russia
Saudi Arabia[20]
Vietnam - SPL-30 unlicensed copy.[21]
See also
- AGS-40 Balkan – (Russia)
- Daewoo Precision Industries K4 – (South Korea)
- Howa Type 96 – (Japan)
- Mk 19 grenade launcher – (United States)
- Mk 47 Striker – (United States)
- QLZ-87 grenade launcher – (China)
- List of Russian weaponry
- Comparison of automatic grenade launchers
References
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- ^ "Open Joint Stock Company "V.A.Degtyarev Plant" / AGS-30 30 mm antipersonnel automatic grenade launching system". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "GPD-30". Rosoboronexport.
- ^ "ОАО "Конструкторское бюро приборостроения" – АГС-30". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b "30 mm round with improved effectiveness HE grenade for the 30mm AGS-30 automatic grenade launcher system GPD-30 | Catalog Rosoboronexport". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "ОАО "Конструкторское бюро приборостроения" – Леонид Викторович Степанов". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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- ^ "AGS-30". modernfirearms.net. Modern Firearms. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Google translate
- ^ "AGS-30 Automatic Grenade Launcher | Armaco JSC. Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Apparition de l'AGS-30 dans l'armée algérienne". January 2020.
- ^ "ОАО "Конструкторское бюро приборостроения" – ДЕФЭКСПО ИНДИЯ – 2014". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Defence Web (June 2016). "Namibia receives Russian small arms". defenceweb.co.za. defenceweb. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Бошковски рани новинарка, преведувачка и двајца полицајци". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
- ^ "Russian Federation began supplying heavy flamethrowers "Solntsepek" to Saudi Arabia". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Nam Tuấn. "Hình ảnh chuyến thăm, làm việc của Chủ tịch Quốc hội Vương Đình Huệ với Tổng cục Công nghiệp quốc phòng". Defence Industry & Economy Magazine. Vietnam Defence Industry.
External links
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- "AGS-30 grenade launcher / machine gun (Russia)". Archived from the original on 9 April 2006.