The United States buys a large batch of Swedish reusable grenade launchers Carl Gustaf M4
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According to the portal defensenews.comThe US Department of Defense announced the purchase of a large batch of Swedish reusable grenade launchers Carl Gustaf M4.
The US military announced its intention to acquire 1111 grenade launchers Carl Gustaf in the latest version of the M4. A small number of Carl Gustaf of previous modifications is already in service with the US Army, but mostly disposable grenade launchers are used in the troops.
Carl Gustaf M3 and its ammunition
Recently, the US military has shown great interest in Swedish rocket launchers. For example, the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense even launched the development of guided missiles for this purpose. weapons. It is known that the most high-tech ammunition for the 84-mm grenade launcher Carl Gustaf are air strikes. They can be programmed to undermine at a certain distance, which allows you to destroy the enemy's living force, which is in the shelter. However, according to the command of the American army, Carl Gustaf is capable of more.
The Carl Gustaf grenade launcher was created by the Swedish engineer Siegfried Axelson on the basis of the Carl Gustaf Pvg m / 42 anti-tank gun. The weapon is designed to destroy armored targets, manpower and enemy fire positions, as well as creating smoke screens and lighting the area. For seven decades, four modifications have been created (M1, M2, M3 and M4), the last of which was presented in 2014 and has a mass less than 7 kg (the first one weighed more than 16 kg). Due to the variety of 84-mm ammunition Carl Gustaf is a multifunctional combat vehicle and is in service with 45 armies around the world, reports "Warspot".
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