AGS-40 Balkan | |
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![]() AGS-40 Balkan | |
Type | Automatic grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 2017–present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | TsKIB SOO GNPP "Pribor" |
Designed | 1980–2017 |
Manufacturer | Tecmash Research and Production Association |
Produced | 2017–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 32 kilograms (71 lb) unloaded on tripod 46 kilograms (101 lb) on tripod loaded with drum of 20 rounds |
Cartridge | Caseless 40 mm grenade |
Action | Gas Piston, Open Bolt |
Rate of fire | 400 rpm |
Maximum firing range | 2,500 m (2,700 yd) |
Feed system | 20 grenade disintegrating belt in drum |
Sights | PAG-17, iron sights |
AGS‑40 Balkan is a Russian 40 mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military.[1][2][3]