RG-6 grenade launcher
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The RG-6 (GRAU designation 6G30) is a Russian 40 mm, six-shot, revolver-type grenade launcher developed between 1993 and 1994 by Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons (TsKIB SOO), Tula, Russia.
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RG-6 (6G30) | |
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Type | Revolver grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 1994–present |
Used by | Russia |
Wars | First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War[citation needed] Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Russo-Ukraine War |
Production history | |
Designer | TsKIB SOO Valery Nicolayevich Telesh |
Designed | 1993–1994 |
Produced | 1994–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 6.2 kg (13.67 lb) |
Length | 690 mm (27 in) stock extended / 520 mm (20.5 in) stock folded |
Width | 145 mm (5.7 in) |
Height | 280 mm (11 in) in combat / 200 mm (7.9 in) in travelling |
Cartridge | 40 mm caseless grenades |
Action | Double action |
Rate of fire | 2 rounds/sec (rapid fire) 16-18 rounds/min (sustained) |
Muzzle velocity | 76.5 m/s (251 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Feed system | 6-Round, Revolving, Swing Out-Type Cylinder |
Sights | folded, ladder-type rear sight |
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