Engineering:DSA PAK-40
The DSA PAK 40 AGL (Spelled: Daud Sons Armoury PAK 40 Automatic Grenade Launcher) is a Pakistani 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher developed by Daud Sons Armoury (DSA) to replace the aging Mk 19 grenade launcher.[1][2][3]
| PAK40 | |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Pakistan |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 2000-2010s |
| Manufacturer | Daudsons Armoury |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 46 kg (101 lb) |
| Length | 1,193.8 mm (47.00 in) |
| Barrel length | 557.2 mm (21.94 in) |
| Width | 457.4 mm (18.01 in) |
| Height | 170 mm (6.7 in) |
| Crew | 3 |
| Cartridge | 40x53mm Grenades |
| Calibre | 40 mm (1.6 in) |
| Rate of fire | 250-275 Grenades/min |
| Effective firing range | 1,500 m (1,600 yd) for Anti-Personnel roles 500 m (550 yd) against armoured targets |
| Feed system | Linked Ammunition with Downward ejection system. |
| Sights | Iron sights Telescopic sight Night scope |
| References | [4] |
Overview
The PAK 40 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon. It fires 40 mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 250 to 275 Rounds per minute. The weapon has a blowback system, which enables it to fire automatically.[4][3][1][2]
The PAK 40's effective range to a point target is about 1,500 meters (1,600 yd). For night operation, a Night-vision device can be added with range of up to 1500 meters.[4][3][1][2]
Moreover, the AGL is a man portable crewed weapon that can fire from both a tripod and vehicle mount. It can fire a wide range of Grenade types which include High Explosive (HE), Target practice rounds (TP), High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) and Armour Piercing (AP) rounds. On impact, the HE grenade can be lethal within a radius of 10 metres while the AP rounds can punch through 60mm of Rolled homogeneous armour at 500 meters which make it effective to use against Armoured personnel carriers.[4][3][1][2]
Users
Pakistan
Pakistan Army
Some units acquired for trial basis in 2018.[5]- Used by Denel for testing purposes .[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Pakistan’s Daudson’s PAK-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher". 5 September 2020. https://pakstrategic.com/daudsons-pak-40-automatic-grenade-launcher/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "World Defense Show 2022: Pakistanese company Daudsons unveils DSA AGL PAK-40 automatic grenade launcher". https://www.armyrecognition.com/world_defense_show_2022_saudi_arabia_show_daily_news/world_defense_show_2022_pakistanese_company_daudsons_unveils_dsa_agl_pak-40_automatic_grenade_launcher.amp.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Daudsons PAK-40 w Pakistanie" (in Polish). https://milmag.pl/daudsons-pak-40-w-pakistanie/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Automatic Grenade Launcher". http://www.daudsons.com/uploads/4/0/3/8/40388599/brochure_agl_page-1.jpg.
- ↑ "Army begins testing domestically produced automatic grenade launcher". 3 May 2018. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1701376/army-begins-testing-domestically-produced-automatic-grenade-launcher.
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