A photograph and video of yet another Western weapon in the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was published on the Internet.
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We are talking about the Polish RGP-40 grenade launcher. This six-round 40mm revolver-type grenade launcher is designed and manufactured by WAT and OBR SM Tarnow for the Polish Armed Forces.
#Breaking: A Ukrainian soldier showing off a Polish-donated RGP-40 40x46mm multiple grenade launcher, as well as one of the HEDP grenades inside. pic.twitter.com/SkT7JLZ8iK
— International Leaks (@Internl_Leaks) June 19, 2022
The first prototype of the grenade launcher was created in 2008. It was shown at the MSPO 2008 exhibition in Kielce. The weapon is visually similar to the South African Milkor MGL grenade launcher in the M32 MGL variant.
#Russia #Ukraine ??????????????????: A recent photo of a #Ukrainian combatant.
The combatant seems to be carrying a noteablePolish 40x46mm RGP-40 revolver grenade launcher (originally supplied to Ukrainian Forces by #Poland ????????) and a PKM machine gun can be seen in the background. pic.twitter.com/DtzniLmXfJ
— War Noir (@war_noir) June 6, 2022
How many of these grenade launchers the Ukrainian Armed Forces received is unknown.
Source: @war_noir, @Internl_Leaks
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