Engineering:Heckler & Koch GMG
GMG | |
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A GMG of the German Army. | |
Type | Automatic grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1990s–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Production history | |
Designed | 1992-1995 |
Manufacturer | Heckler & Koch |
Produced | 1996-Present[citation needed] |
Variants | GMW |
Specifications | |
Mass | 28.8 kg Gun, 10.7 kg tripod and 8 kg softmount. |
Length | 1090 mm |
Barrel length | 415 mm |
Width | 226 mm (without ammunition box) |
Height | 208 mm |
Cartridge | 40x53 mm |
Action | API Blowback |
Rate of fire | 340 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 241 m/s |
Effective firing range | 1500 m |
Maximum firing range | 2200 m |
Feed system | 32-round disintegrating, closed-link belt |
Sights | Reflex sight and back-up leaf sight |
The GMG (Granatmaschinengewehr or "grenade machine gun") is an automatic grenade launcher developed by Heckler & Koch for the German Army. It is also often referred to as GMW or GraMaWa (Granatmaschinenwaffe).[1]
Design details
The GMG fires 40 mm grenades at a rate of about 340 rounds per minute.[2] It is belt-fed, and can be loaded from either side, making it easy to mount on most platforms. With a variety of day and night sights available, the GMG can be used for most medium range infantry support situations.
The weapon is 1.09 m long and has a 415 mm rifled barrel; the ammunition box has dimensions of 470 × 160 × 250 mm. The gun cycles on a recoil-operated blow-back basis. It weighs 29 kg; the tripod is an additional 11 kg.
Testing and operation
The HK GMG was tested in the Yuma desert in Arizona in 1997 in order to compete for future United States contracts.
Users
- Belgium: Mounted on the army's Jankel FOX Rapid Reaction Vehicles [3]
- Canada: 304 ordered.[4] Designated as the C16 Close Area Suppression Weapon (CASW) and licence-built by Rheinmetall Defence Canada.[5]
- Finland[6] Locally known as 40 KRKK 2005
- Germany[7]
- Greece[7]
- Ireland: Irish Army[8]
- Latvia[7][9]
- Lithuania: Lithuanian Armed Forces.[10]
- Malaysia: Used by Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL) of the Royal Malaysian Navy.[11]
- Netherlands[12][13]
- New Zealand[14]
- Norway[15]
- Portugal: Used by Portuguese Army, Portuguese Marine Corps and National Republican Guard.[7][16]
- Slovenia[17]
- Sri Lanka: Used by Sri Lanka Armoured Corps on its Main Battle Tanks & Used by Sri Lanka Navy on its Fast Attack Crafts.
- Ukraine: 30 donated by Germany in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine[18]
- United States: Used by USSOCOM.[19]
See also
- List of API blowback firearms
- Comparison of automatic grenade launchers
Notes
- ↑ "Heckler & Koch :: Home". http://www.heckler-koch.de/HKWebText/detailProd/2003/112/4/17.
- ↑ "GMG Technical Data". https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/40-mm-systems/gmg/gmg/technical-data.html.
- ↑ admin (2018-07-04). "First production of Jankel FOX Rapid Reaction Vehicles to Belgian Special Regiment" (in en-US). https://militaryleak.com/2018/07/04/first-production-of-jankel-fox-rapid-reaction-vehicles-to-belgian-special-regiment/.
- ↑ "Defence". http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/defencewatch/archive/2010/10/14/canadian-army-to-take-delivery-of-close-area-suppression-weapon-starting-in-march.aspx.
- ↑ "Too Late? Canada's CASW for 40mm GMGs". http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Too-Late-Canadas-CASW-for-40mm-GMGs-06694/#more-6694.
- ↑ "Paiste07 - Tekniikkaa - päivän vempele". http://tietokannat.mil.fi/paiste07/log.php@language=fi_FI&page_id=25.html.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). ISBN:978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ↑ Thompson, Leroy (1 March 2013). "Ireland's Army Rangers (page 1)". http://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/irelands-army-rangers/#irish-arw-5_phatch.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.mod.gov.lv/upload/nbsfakti.anglu.gala.pdf.
- ↑ "Lietuvos kariuomenė :: Ginkluotė ir karinė technika » Granatsvaidžiai ir prieštankiniai ginklai » Automatinis granatsvaidis H&K GMG 40 mm". http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/ginkluote_ir_karine_technika/granatsvaidziai_ir_priestankiniai_ginklai/automatinis_granatsvaidis_hk_gmg_40_mm.html.
- ↑ Dan, Alex (9 February 2016). "PASKAL Malaysian Special Forces Weapons". Military Factory (Small Arms). http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/paskal-special-forces-weapons.asp. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Special Forces - Wapens" (in nl). Netherlands Legermuseum: Collectie Informatie Centrum. http://www.collectie.legermuseum.nl/strategion/strategion/i006203.html.
- ↑ "AGW, automatische granaatwerper 40 mm" (in nl). Netherlands Ministry of Defence. http://www.defensie.nl/landmacht/materieel/bewapening/(hand-)vuurwapens.
- ↑ "NZ Army". NZ Army News (428). February 2012. http://www.army.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/army-news/armynews428.pdf. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ↑ "Forsvarsdepartementet får 10 millioner kroner i bot". Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Forsvarsdepartementet-far-10-millioner-kroner-i-bot-7107964.html.
- ↑ "GNR HK GMG". https://scontent.fopo4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/59400028_2303699173021632_3399884089900138496_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=yMIB3YqJaNwAX_M4BT3&_nc_ht=scontent.fopo4-2.fna&oh=b2ff948288eea3a2224cc5f6712adc56&oe=606EF495.
- ↑ "HECKLER & KOCH GMG Automatic Grenade Launcher". https://www.slovenskavojska.si/en/weapons-and-equipment/infantry/#c4227.
- ↑ "Military support for Ukraine | Federal Government". Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung (Press release). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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