HK GMW
| HK GMW | |
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| general information | |
| Military designation: | Grenade machine weapon (GMW or GraMaWa) |
| Country of operation: | Germany |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Heckler |
| Development year: | 1992-1995 |
| Manufacturer country: | Germany |
| Production time: | since 1996 |
| Weapon Category: | Grenade launcher |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1118 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 29 kg |
| Barrel length : | 415 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 40 × 53 mm or 40 × 55 mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 32 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Ammunition belt |
| Cadence : | 300 rounds / min |
| Fire types: | Single and continuous fire |
| Visor : | mechanical sight up to 600 m / reflex sight up to 1500 m |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The HK GMW (short for H Eckler & K och G Ranat m achines w monkey ) is one of the Heckler & Koch GmbH produced machines grenade launcher in caliber mm 40 × 53 .
development
Although the Bundeswehr had a comparable weapon system available to the National People's Army in the form of the AGS-17 Plamja , these were not adopted, but a short time later an in-house development was started. The development lasted from 1992 to 1995 and the GMW was taken over into the equipment of the BW in 1996.
description
The GMW is a full-blown blowback gun with a rifled barrel. The ammunition is fed from a decay belt with a capacity of 32 grenade cartridges, either from the left or the right. The barrel can be changed without tools. The main sight is a passive optical sight with an additional red illuminated dot, which is equipped with a ladder sight up to 1500 m (in 100 m steps). The weapon has an additional mechanical emergency sight for variable distances.
Shooting positions are both standing and sitting. For this purpose, GMW has two different extraction devices; one on the right of the handle, the other as a button-shaped trigger on top of the weapon.
Due to its weight, the weapon can only be moved to a limited extent by the infantry on foot. The use of an infantry cart as a wheel mount to make the weapon mobile is not provided.
Range of use
The GMW is a weapon that closes the equipment gap between the high cadence but low fragmentation and anti-armor effects of a machine gun and the low cadence but high fragmentation and anti-armor effects of a grenade launcher . Due to its weight, the GMW 40 mm can be used both as an infantry weapon on a tripod and as a " door gun " for helicopters , on patrol boats and on a carriage for vehicles.
In the Bundeswehr , the infantry, naval protection forces and the air force's object protection squadrons are equipped with the " GraMaWa "; During missions abroad it is used to secure camps. It can optionally be carried as the main armament on vehicles that are equipped with a remote-controlled light weapon station FLW 200 or the mechanical weapon station 1530.
Technical specifications
| Muzzle velocity (v 0 ) | approx. 241/245 m / s |
| Max. Range | 2000 m |
| Closure weight | approx. 12 kg |
| Weight of the belt case (ammunitioned) | 21.5 kg |
| Weight of the tripod | 15 kg |
User states
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Finland 40 KRKK 2005
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Germany
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Greece
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Ireland ; Irish Armed Forces special forces
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Canada : Rheinmetall Defense Canada is building the GMW under license as a C16 Close Area Suppression Weapon (CASW). -
Latvia
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Lithuania : Lithuanian Army . -
Malaysia : Pasukan Khas Laut
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Slovenia
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United Kingdom L134A1 . The Royal Marines procured in 2006 40 copies as vehicle armament for Land Rover SUV for use in Afghanistan. -
United States : USSOCOM
See also
Web links
- GMW - Sophisticated technology ( Memento from December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Heckler & Koch HK GMG (GMW / GraMaWa) - Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL). In: militaryfactory.com. Retrieved June 29, 2016 .
- 60 seconds Bundeswehr: Grenade machine gun ( YouTube video, December 12, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Now in use: Dingo 2 with a machine grenade weapon. In: deutschesheer.de. Retrieved June 30, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Richard D. Jones: Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 . Jane's Information Group Volume 35 January 27, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5 .
- ↑ Too Late? Canada's CASW for 40mm GMGs. In: defenseindustrydaily.com. Retrieved June 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Lietuvos kariuomenė :: Ginkluotė ir karinė technika »Granatsvaidžiai ir prieštankiniai ginklai» Automatinis granatsvaidis H&K GMG 40 mm. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012 ; Retrieved June 29, 2016 (Lithuanian).
- ↑ PASKAL Malaysian Special Forces Weapons. (No longer available online.) In: militaryfactory.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016 ; accessed on June 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ New weapons. (PDF, 5.3 MB) In: army news. February 2012, p. 8 , accessed June 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Forsvarsdepartementet for 10 million crowns in bot. In: aftenposten.no. Retrieved June 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 40 mm GMG Automatic Grenade Launcher. In: slovenskavojska.si. Retrieved June 29, 2016 .
- ↑ defense news: Rapid-fire grenade launcher will be a welcome Christmas present for Royal Marines in Afghanistan ( Memento from November 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), November 15, 2006
