AGS-30 | |
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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.
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.
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]
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]
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