AGS-17 Plamja

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AGS-17 Plamja
30-мм автоматический гранатомет АГС-17 Пламя.jpg
general information
Military designation: 6G10 ( GRAY index )
Country of operation: Soviet Union / Russia
Developer / Manufacturer: KBP in Tula , Moljot machine plant in Vyastkije Polyany
Manufacturer country: Soviet Union
Production time: 1971 to 1989
Weapon Category: Grenade launcher
Furnishing
Overall length: 840 mm
Weight: (unloaded) 35 (with tripod) kg
Barrel length : 305 mm
Technical specifications
Caliber : 30 × 29 mm wide
Possible magazine fillings : 29 cartridges
Ammunition supply : Belt drum
Cadence : 400 rounds / min
Fire types: Single / continuous fire
Charging principle: Recoil loader
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The AGS-17 "Plamja" ( Russian АГС-17 Пламя , German  flame ) is a machine grenade launcher in the 30 × 29 mm B caliber . The abbreviation AGS stands for Awtomatitscheski Granatomjot na Stanke , Russian автоматический гранатомёт на станке , in German lafettierter automatic grenade launcher .

history

When the 40 mm grenade cartridge was being developed in the USA in the 1960s, the idea of ​​designing a machine grenade weapon came up. The grenade launchers Mk 18 , Mk 19 and Mk 20 were created and were introduced between 1965 and 1970. The AGS-17 was developed around the same time in the USSR, the first prototypes were tested in 1969 and series production began in 1971. First pictures of the weapon were published in 1979. The AGS-17 can be operated by a shooter as well as mounted on vehicles and helicopters. Currently the weapon is mainly used as a support weapon for motorized infantry and carried by armored personnel carriers. The successor model AGS-30 was introduced in the 1990s .

description

AGS-17 on an improvised substructure on a truck bed in Afghanistan

The AGS-17 is an air-cooled, self-propelled blowback loader . The ammunition is fed from an open metal endurance belt, empty cases are ejected downwards. It is possible to use belt drums with a capacity of 29 grenades. The AGS-17 shoots single and continuous fire.

ammunition

WOG-17 (right), left 7.62 × 39 mm

The AGS-17 verschießt garnet caliber cartridges 30 × 29 mm B . The rimless brass cases are equipped with a belt, the garnet casing is made of steel, and a cartridge weighs 0.35 kg. There are two types of ammunition: the WOG-17 and WOG-30 fragmentation explosive shells have a fragment radius of 7 meters in the target. The WOG-17 has a maximum range of 1700, the WOG-30 of up to 2000 m.

commitment

A grenade launcher team consists of three soldiers. The AGS-17 can be dismantled into a weapon and a mount for transport. The mount is collapsible and can be carried like a backpack with a strap. The thrower driver carries the weapon, the gunner the carriage and a belt drum, the loader two more belt drums.

variants

  • AGS-17 (infantry variant): tripod mount with base plate, PAG-17 alignment attachment with 2.7 times magnification, spade handles
  • various vehicle mountings, also in weapon turrets
  • AG-17A: helicopter variant, door mounting in Mi-17 and weapon container GUW-8700 (9A669) on Mi-24 ; Aluminum barrel and electric remote ignition
  • M93 / Zastava BGA-30 (Serbian-Montenegrin license production of the AGS-17)

Platforms

  • BMD-3 : Installation in the left front of the vehicle.
  • BPM-97 : Armament variant as a secondary weapon in a weapon station
  • Wed-17
  • Wed-24

Manufacturer

In addition to Moljot , Norinco also manufactured the AGS-17. The weapon was captured by the Mujahedin during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and given to the Chinese. The grenade launcher was copied in China and offered for export. The Chinese military, however, did not want to introduce the AGS-17 because they did not want such heavy grenade launchers and instead developed the QLZ87 .

User states

literature

  • Ilya Shaydurov: Russian close combat equipment: types, technology, data . 1st edition. Motorbuch, 2017, ISBN 978-3-613-03974-2 , pp. 127 ff .
  • Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen : Rifle weapons (1945–1985) . In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 , weapons, p. 426, 427 .
  • Ian Hogg : 20th Century Artillery. Gondromverlag, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 3-8112-1878-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rwd-mb3.de/munition/pages/sw_ags.htm
  2. ↑ 30mm AGS-17 PLAMYA ( Memento from October 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Straightening attachment PAG-17. In: Raketen- und Waffentechnischer Dienst (RWD). rwd-mb3.de, accessed on June 30, 2016 .
  4. ^ BMD-3. In: Army Guide. army-guide.com, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ 43269 Vystrel / BPM-97. In: Army Guide. army-guide.com, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ BUG. In: Army Guide. army-guide.com, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ Timothy Yan: The Chinese QLZ87 Automatic Grenade Launcher. (PDF) In: ARMS & MUNITIONS BRIEF. ARES, 2014, p. 11 , accessed on October 28, 2015 (English).
  8. ↑ http://www.rwd-mb3.de/pages/ags.htm

Web links

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