Vietnam producirá los lanzagranadas bajocañón OPL-40M

Vietnamese People Army To Start Mass-Producing OPL-40M Grenade Launcher

OPL-40M Grenade Launcher (photo : QPVN)

he Vietnamese People’s Army (VPA) recently finalized the test of the OPL-40M – the first domestically-made under barrel grenade launcher.

In the test, the grenade launcher was seen fitted to STV assault rifles that are projected to replace the AK-series assault rifles in the VPA service.

According to sources close to the VPA, the OPL-40M prototype first publicly appeared in 2010. The development was carried out by the state-owned Z111 factory in Thanh Hoá incorporating some design aspects from the US-made M203, Israeli GL40 and Russian GP-25 grenade launchers.

It appears that the VPA will soon begin mass production of the new launcher. The OPL-40M is also being planned to replace the US-made M79 stand-alone grenade launcher which was reverse engineered and produced in Vietnam after the Vietnam war as SPL40.

Chambered in 40 mm NATO, the OPL-40M is a side-twist loading, under barrel grenade launcher with a 375 meter maximum engagement distance. It was designed to be fitted either with the AK series rifles as well as Vietnam’s own STV assault rifle series which development was based on Israel’s IWI Galil Ace.


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Rusia planea granadas con cámaras de video y equipo electrónico

Rusia construye dispositivos de reconocimiento de video y guerra electrónica para lanzadores de granadas

VietnamDefence - Rusia podría construir munición utilizada para observar el vídeo y de guerra electrónica para el lanzagranadas automático de nueva generación Balcanes, Director General de la Unión de la producción científica Pribor, dijo Yuri Nabokov.



"Planeamos desarrollar una serie de lanzadores de granadas especiales, que estarán equipados con equipos electrónicos. Cómo se hará, temporalmente no digo ", dijo Nabokov.

Según Nabokov, el tipo especial de munición para lanzadores de granadas propulsadas por cohetes es bastante alto, incluyendo granadas de humo, balas de observación de video y ojivas electrónicas. Rusia está desarrollando una guerra electrónica y municiones que pueden determinar automáticamente el punto y el momento de la detonación.

"Estamos trabajando en este tema, desarrollando al nivel de la investigación científica en balas inteligentes que pueden determinar si explotar o no, dónde y cómo hacerlo", dijo Nabokov.

Pribor Union estableció una unidad responsable del desarrollo de equipos electrónicos y municiones no tradicionales. La nueva generación de municiones es parte de la estrategia rusa de municiones pequeñas hasta 2030.

Australia ensaya nuevo lanzagranadas

Australian Army Tests New Grenade Laucher

New light-weight AGL of the Australian Army is GD Mk-47 

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and Socomd tested the Mk 47 light-weight automatic grenade launcher (LWAGL), which also featured a light-weight video sight 2 (LVS-2).

Project Manager Major (Maj) Cameron Fraser described the technology as a “game changer” for Direct Fire Support Weapons platoons, artillery batteries, Special Forces and Air Force combat units.

“I can verify that the lethality and situational awareness of the LWAGL lives up to the hype,” he said.

CASG arranged the testing that also confirmed functionality, robustness and ease of use on the advanced fire control system.

Mk-47 AGL

“First round target impact was observed on multiple occasions because of the increased accuracy of the LWAGL system complete with the LVS-2,” Maj Fraser said.

“The resolution of the day/night sighting system provided via the LVS-2 enabled detection and recognition out to 3km.”

Trial participants verified the reduction in weight of the LWAGL versus the legacy weapon, dismounted load configurations to facilitate rapid assembly, firing and disassembly.
They also started to develop procedures to optimise capability.

Army will roll out the launcher to infantry battalions and artillery regiments in 1, 3 and 7 Bdes, SASR, 2 Cdo Regt, Air Force Security Force squadrons, the School of Infantry and the School of Artillery from November this year through to June 2017.

Ejécito Australiano

Foto: Armamento de última generación capturado a soldados de Gadafi en Misrata

Aparentemente, se trata de un FN Herstal F2000 belga con lanzagranadas de 40 mm.

Fuente: ChangeInLibya