November 8, 2016: A Ukrainian firm has developed the RGSh30, a handheld version of the Russian AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. Introduced in 1974, AGS-17 was grenade launcher weighing 34 kg (75 ...

Police agencies’ cache of less-lethal weapons includes Tasers, tear gas canisters and beanbag shotguns. Then there are 40 mm launchers. Escondido police used 40 mm launchers a week ago when two ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -They are called pistol launchers and use CO2 cartridges to fire inert or chemical balls to stop an attacker. The chemicals can cause a burning sensation in the eyes and ...

Columbus Police Department is using these 40mm launchers that fires less-than-lethal spongelike projectiles, and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department will purchase similar launchers after the ...

Raytheon Company successfully fired two new Pike 40 mm precision-guided munitions from a standard tube grenade launcher during flight tests at Mile High Resources in Texas. Both rounds landed within ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By far the biggest benefit the Mk 47 offers over the Mk 19 is its significantly lower weight. Incredibly, the large grenade launcher weighs just under forty pounds, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: These “thump-guns” aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Infantry platoons bristle with direct-fire weapons, but everyone loves a grenade. Grenades give ground troops the ...