AKM GP-25

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AKM GP-25
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Damage Base Headshot × Chest × Stomach × Leg × Arm × Bayonet Rifle Grenades
39 ×2.52 = 98.28 ×1.2 = 46.8 ×1.15 = 44.85 ×0.8 = 31.2 ×0.75 = 29.25 NO NO
Designation Weapon Type Fire Modes Fire Rate Bullet Spread ° Range Modifier Muzzle Velocity Projectile weight Weight
AKM GP-25 Assault Rifle Auto+Semi 600 RPM 7.47° & 1.35° ADS 0.940 715m/s 7.9g (121.9 gr) 4.6 kg (10.1 lbs)
Full name Caliber Place of Origin Date Manufacturer Barrel Length Total Length Weapon Script Name
FN 7.62×39mm Soviet
40×46mm SR
Soviet Union 1978 Arm 16.3 in (415 mm) 34.6 in (880 mm) weapon_akm_gp25


The AKM was produced in the Soviet Union, and is a modernized variant of the AK-47. It was given to communist forces in Vietnam as military aid. The GP-25 is a grenade launcher made by the Soviet Union. If it was ever used in Vietnam, prototypes were used.


HISTORY

The development of a grenade launcher for the AKM assault rifle began in 1966 at the Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms (TsKIB SOO). Development continued into the 1970s, and in 1978 it was accepted into service. The main production version was the GP-25. The GP-30 was made lighter and the aiming system was redesigned and moved to the right.

GP grenade launchers are similar in appearance and fire the same Russian 40mm caliber ammunition. At the top of the barrel is the mounting hardware to attach the weapon to the underside of a rifle barrel, from which it is designed to fire. The GP barrel has a useful life of about 400 rounds.

GP grenade launchers fire multiple 40mm VOG-25 high-explosive fragmentation grenades, with a total range of 400 meters and an effective range of 150m. These Russian-Soviet 40mm grenades are not compatible with Western 40x46mm grenades. Originally, the main grenade was the VOG-15 (7P17) fragmentation grenade, which has a lethal radius of six meters. Ammunition for the muzzle-loading GP-25 consists of a single piece containing propellant and charge, as opposed to the more traditional two-piece case and projectile design of comparable US 40x46mm ammunition used in breech-loading grenade launchers, such as the M203. This integral "caseless" design - with the propellant and primer contained in the base of the grenade - provides for when the grenade is fired nothing is left in the barrel, so the operator can load the next grenade.
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