Russia`s Armed Forces are planning to bring the newest AGS-40 Balkan automatic grenade launcher (AGL) into service in 2017 after the completion of the relevant operational tests and evaluation (OT&E), according to the Director General of the Pribor scientific development and production center (a subsidiary of the Tekhmash Concern; the developer of Balkan), Yury Nabokov.
New Russian-made AGS-40 40mm automatic grenade launcher |