MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax-AVN) - A new 40mm portable antipersonnel grenade launcher has entered the inventory of special- purpose units of the Russian Armed Forces, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry told Interfax-Military News Agency on Tuesday.
The grenade launcher is intended for hitting the enemy's manpower, including those in trenches, as well as unarmored military hardware, with fragmentation rounds.
The firing range of the grenade launcher amounts to 400 meters. Its rate of fire is 18 rounds per minute.