About a third of them are domestically produced.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, about 20 types of grenade launchers have been approved for use in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
About a third of them are domestically produced. Foreign models are represented by grenade launchers produced by defense concerns of the USA, Germany, Turkey, Canada and Sweden.
The Ministry of Defense has concluded two defense contracts with Ukrainian manufacturers for almost UAH 5 billion
The combat capabilities of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been enhanced by underbarrel, hand-held, automatic and multi-charge semi-automatic grenade launchers of various calibers. Most of these weapons have a caliber of 40 mm. However, there are also more powerful ones – 84 mm, in particular, the universal multiple Swedish grenade launcher Carl Gustaf. >
The Carl Gustaf grenade launcher uses cumulative, high-explosive fragmentation, thermobaric, anti-fortification, smoke and illumination ammunition. This is a universal and effective weapon against armored vehicles and group targets of the enemy.
