AGS-30
The AGS-30 "Atlant" is Russia's lightweight, crew-served automatic grenade launcher, a 30×29mm belt-fed successor to the AGS-17 that weighs only 16 kg on its tripod and sustains ~400 rpm for mobile infantry fire support.
Russia's lightweight automatic grenade launcher — the modern 30×29mm belt-fed crew-served successor to the AGS-17, cutting weight nearly in half for greater infantry mobility.
Overview
The AGS-30 (GRAU 6S9 system / 6G19 launcher), commonly called “Atlant,” is the Russian Federation’s standard lightweight automatic grenade launcher. Developed to replace the heavier AGS-17 Plamya, the AGS-30 fires the same 30×29 mm grenade family from a 29-round belt drum at roughly 400 rounds per minute, yet the entire system — gun, tripod, and sight — weighs only about 16 kg, compared with more than 31 kg for its predecessor. Over 500 units had been produced by 2013, according to Military Factory, and the weapon remains in Russian Army service.
Development
The AGS-30 was designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the early 1990s, explicitly to give Russian motor-rifle and special-forces units a more portable grenade-support weapon. It was fielded on an initial basis around 1995 and adopted officially by the Russian Army in 2002, as documented by Wikipedia. The design traded the heavy tripod and receiver of the AGS-17 for a lighter frame, simplified blowback mechanism, and a compact drum feed while retaining full ammunition commonality — a straightforward evolutionary step rather than a clean-sheet system.
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