AGS-40 Balkan

AGS‑40 Balkan   is a Russian 40mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military in 2017.

The AGS-40 has a range of 2,500 m (compared to 1,700 for AGS-17 and 2,100 for AGS-30) and a rate of fire of 400 rounds per minute. The weapon is usually equipped with a tripod and a PAG-17 2.7x telescopic sight; it can also have back-up iron sights installed.

A unique feature of the AGS-40 is a detachable seat that allows for more stabile shooting using the weight of an operator.

AGS-40 can be installed on armored vehicles.

Development of the AGS-40 started in 1980 but stalled after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent economic decline in Russia. However, the project was revived in the early 1990s under the codename "Balkan" and finally finished in 2017.

Ammunition

 * Caseless high-explosive 40mm 7P39 grenades

Remote weapon stations
AGS-40 can be integrated with Kalashnikov MBDU remote weapon station.

Users

 * Russian Federation