Alexander Kochkin, Executive Director of JSC "NPK "Techmash", said that the Ministry of Defense will be able to purchase the complex only after the release of administrative documents on its adoption into service
KUBINKA /Moscow region/, August 26. /TASS/. The Pribor enterprise named after S. S. Golembiovsky is ready to start mass production of the latest anti-personnel 40-mm grenade launcher complex "Balkan". This was announced to TASS at the Army-2021 forum by the executive director of JSC " NPK " Techmash "(part of the holding "Technodinamika" of the Rostec state Corporation) Alexander Kochkin.
"The state tests of this sample were successfully completed with recommendations for the adoption of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after its experimental military operation. The enterprise is ready for mass production," he said, explaining that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will be able to purchase the complex only after the release of administrative documents on its adoption into service.
The anti-personnel grenade launcher complex 6C19 "Balkan" is the latest development in the field of domestic grenade launcher weapons. It provides an increase in the firing range by more than 25% and the power of action by two times compared to the standard 30-millimeter complexes (AGS-17 "Flame" and AGS-30).
"It should be noted that foreign customers are also interested in this grenade launcher complex," Kochkin stressed.
The International military-technical Forum "Army-2021" is held in Kubinka from August 22 to 28.