AGS-40 Balkan


AGS‑40 Balkan is a Russian 40mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military in 2018 for operational evaluation.

Design

The AGS-40 uses 40mm grenades with a range of 2,500 m and a rate of fire of 400 rounds per minute, with short burst, long burst, and continuous fire modes. The weapon is usually equipped with a tripod and a PAG-17 2.7× telescopic sight; it can also have back-up iron sights installed.
A unique feature of the AGS-40 is a detachable seat that allows for more stabile shooting using the weight of an operator.

Ammunition

Development of the AGS-40 started in 1980 but stalled after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent economic decline in Russia. However, the project was revived in the early 1990s under the codename "Balkan", and was put into operational evaluation in 2018.
AGS-40 can be installed on armored vehicles. The AGS-40 can be integrated with Kalashnikov MBDU remote weapon station.

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