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The territorial defense units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been armed with ATGL-H anti-tank grenade launchers manufactured in Bulgaria. This is reported by the Ukrainian press with reference to military reports.
Photos of new Bulgarian-made anti-tank grenade launchers put into service by the defense units have appeared on Ukrainian resources. The CNGS are supplied with SGL-9MA optical sights and with 73 mm RHEAT-9MA2 shots for hitting armored vehicles. It is reported that the range of destruction of Bulgarian LNG is 1300 meters, and the ammunition is able to penetrate 300 mm of armor.
- said the representative of the Defense Ministry, commenting on the past exercises with the use of LNG.
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A clone of the Soviet LNG-9M is produced in Bulgaria at Arsenal under the designation 73 mm ARSENAL Heavy Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher (ATGL-H). We will not say that these weapons are new to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and have begun to arrive within the framework of the decision taken in Bulgaria to provide military assistance to Ukraine, these machine-gun grenade launchers have been in service with the Ukrainian army for a long time. In October of this year, our troops in one of the directions took the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where they found a large number of Bulgarian-made weapons. In particular, there were ATGL-H LNG, as well as ATGL grenade launchers, which are a Bulgarian copy of the RPG-7.
In September of this year, it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received Bulgarian LNG-9 "Warrior" anti-tank grenade launchers, manufactured by BULARMAS LTD. The kit includes PGDN-7VIR night vision sights, as well as the SPG-9-RCWS remote control.