AGS-17 Plamya

AGS-17 "Plamya" on tripod - 30x29mm

Specifications

(1967-1995) (AGS-17 "Plamya")

(1995-Present) (AGS-30)

Type: Automatic grenade launcher

Caliber: 30x29mm

Weight: 68.3 lbs (31 kg) (AGS-17 Plamya), 35.2 lbs (16 kg) (AGS-30)

Length: 33.1 in (84 cm) (AGS-17 Plamya), 45.8 in (116.5 cm) (AGS-30)

Capacity: 29 round drum

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (400 rounds per minute)

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The AGS-17 "Plamya" and AGS-30 grenade launchers can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:

AGS-17

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Afghan Breakdown	Michele Placido	Major Bandura		1991
Afghan Breakdown	Nikolai Ustinov	Pvt. Onisimov		1991
Loaded with Death (Zaryazhennye smertyu)	Artur Nishchenkin	"Kid"		1991
Checkpoint (Blokpost)	Andrey Krasko	Iliych		1998
9th Company		Soviet paratroopers		2005

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date
The Storm Gate		Russian Soldiers		2006
I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!)		Russian paratroopers		2004
Purgatory (Chistilishche)		Foreign fighters and Russian soldiers		1998
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei			Mounted on a helicopter	1996-????

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder	AGS		has unlimited ammo	2003

AGS-30

AGS-30 on tripod - 30x29mm

AGS-30 on tripod - 30x29mm

The AGS-30 is the upgraded version of the AGS-17. It is significantly lighter than its predecessor at 16 kg (35.2 lbs) and has an upgraded blowback action. It has been in service since 1995.

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
ArmA: Armed Assault			mounted on UAZ-469	2007
ArmA II				2010
Escape from Tarkov			mounted on tripod on "Rezerv" map	2019

See Also

• KBP Instrument Design Bureau - A list of all firearms manufactured by KBP Instrument Design Bureau.
• Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant "Molot" - A list of all firearms manufactured by Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant "Molot".