Ukrainian Armed Forces showed Swedish Carl Gustaf M3 grenade launcher in action

The Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrated how the Swedish recoilless rifle works (in simple terms -

grenade launcher) Carl Gustaf M3.

What is known

It is possible that the video shows one of the grenade launchers that were transferred by Canada. Recall that in early March, 100 Carl Gustaf units and 1,000 shells in them arrived in Ukraine from Canada.

Carl Gustaf M3 is the third model of the grenade launcherGrg m/48, which was developed in 1991. It has a thin-walled steel threaded liner in a fiberglass casing. The weight is 10 kg. The grenade launcher received a carrying handle and an optical sight with a 3x zoom.

The Carl Gustaf M3 grenade launcher is used fordestruction of stationary and moving targets at a distance of 700 m and 150 m, respectively. The range of fire against stationary objects with an active-rocket grenade is 1 km.

Source: @bochkala_war

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