DE-ACTIVATED 30mm AGS-17 "Plamya" automatic grenade launcher

Soviet era 30mm AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher including tripod, scope, drum magazine with belt. Excellent condition - all moving parts / field-strippable !! De-act Certificate issued by London Proof House. Unique and very rare - available for Film/ TV hire only ! AGS-17 is an infantry support weapon designed to operate from a tripod. It fires 30mm VOG grenades in either direct or indirect fire to provide suppressive and lethal fire support against soft skinned or fortified targets. The weapon uses a blowback mechanism to sustain operation. Rounds are fired through a removable rifled barrel.

A standard metal ammunition box contains 30 linked rounds. The tripod is equipped with fine levelling gear for indirect fire trajectories. Designed by KPB Tula in 1967, AGS-17 (Avtomaticheskiy Granatomyot Stankovyi - Automatic Grenade launcher, Mounted) was widely used and by Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 80s as a ground support weapon or as a vehicle weapon on improvised mounts installed on armored personnel carriers and trucks

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