ARGB – automatic grenade launcher Barishev designed to defeat fragmentation grenades single and multiple enemy targets at ranges up to 1000 m.
Baryshev grenade ARGB – video
To conduct indirect fire grenade ARGB is equipped with an optical sight with a lateral level and mechanism of protractor, detachable bipod and folding stock-opener. Almost all the advantages ARGB, characteristic of CPB machine gun, fully embodied and manual automatic grenade Baryshev. ARGB on weight and size is far ahead of all known systems of automatic grenade launchers.
Weapons Baryshev relates to systems automation, which are used for delayed blowback. All samples of these weapons have a very peculiar locking assemblies, by a single scheme. Their peculiarity is, that in addition to its primary function they provide even partial absorption of recoil energy, because the shutter parts - combat larva, zatvornaâ shoulder, shutter frame and the locking lever - not rigidly interconnected, so a large part of the recoil during the shot is consumed on a consistent reduction in their movement, what, in its turn, due to the impact of mobile elements and stretch them over time significantly steps, at least 2,5-3 fold, reduces the recoil force. Reduced recoil forces, acting when fired at arrow, It allowed not only to improve the accuracy in the mode of automatic fire continuous bursts, but at the same time to reduce in 2-3 times the mass of weapons, and use all types of small arms ammunition, from maloimpulsnogo automaton, to the powerful grenade launcher shots. While maintaining the accuracy of fire is led to cancel the installation of such weapons on the challenging and heavy machinery and do simple and easy bipod.
Shooting from a grenade ARGB conducted with so-called rear sear, ie. moving parts before firing automatics are in the rear position, and a cartridge chamber nezapertom absent. This design is more characteristic of submachine guns, machine guns and automatic guns.
Grenade ARGB supply system has a shopping 30mm grenade VOG-17, which positively affected the substantial improvement of its maneuverability.
ARGB can be used as a very powerful weapon fire support for infantry units. Such an indispensable weapon for direct fire support of infantry, especially in offensive combat, in operations in difficult conditions: in settlements, in the trenches, in the mountains.
Reducing the mass of weapons Baryshev design, among other things, possible to reduce the calculation 2-3 people to one hand, and dramatically improve the maneuverability.
The grenade also fully opened advantages semifree shutter system Barishev, allowing to conduct sufficiently effective automatic fire a powerful shot from the volatile situation with the progress and standing at a distance from the hip 400-500 m.
By the indisputable advantages of the new system can be attributed to failure of the gas engine (gas piston, gas chamber and exhaust paths), which greatly simplify and cheapen the construction of weapons and impact on the improvement of its performance.
When shooting from ARGB return there no more, than when fired from a 40 mm grenade launcher GP-25, mounted on the machine. When shooting from stable positions (lying with bipod) a significant part of the loss effectively dampens shock absorber built in the butt, thereby improving accuracy of hits.
Notes user:
ARGB – there certainly is a serious kickback, but the weapon can be operated by one crew member and much more mobile, than AGS – 17 and AGS – 30, especially when fighting in the city and when entering into battle with stroke.
ARGB – on 80 fired grenades began to give nedosyly, misfiring and delay due to tight extraction. Well, this can be tolerated – or of granatometchika 20 shot killed or he fulfilled his task and go in peace cleaned grenade. All wedges and poor performance is due to the principle of automation of the barrel lock.
locking system – it consists of a combat larvae, massive bolt, Shutter lever and. During firing the powder product gases under pressure to the sleeve collum, collum presses the shutter mirror, located on the combat larva and turns it through an angle 4-5 degrees. The larva, in turn, puts pressure on the frame and push it back. The bolt frame extends some distance and presses on the lever,bringing it out of engagement with the lugs of the barrel liner, releasing larvae and shutter and takes them all for a passing extracting ejector sleeve, located on the bot. Then the sleeve hits the reflector and flies through the window to eject shell casings outside (sometimes right on the arrow, sometimes ahead, sometimes sideways and downwards – unpredictable. Although often it flies to the right side and up).
When driving all this economy back under the action of reciprocating – mainspring shall be sent next cartridge in the chamber and the circuit going in reverse order unlatching.
The main control of the automation – combat larva of complex geometric shapes, leading part – zatvornaâ shoulder. The larva is also non-technological (It requires a wide range of shaped cutters) and complicated in production. Well, to hell with him, with the production, but it is also very difficult in the heat treatment of steels and requires scarce. Also, often after 2 – 3 thousand tears bolt carrier in contact with the lever and it also has to do of expensive and scarce steels.
Also, due to the characteristics of the locking system the shooter feels initially boost when turning the larvae and then hit the bolt in the rearward position. This is bad for the quality of targeting.
Another part of the weapons require individual adjustment due to the particularly complex geometric shapes, the system does not work with large gaps between the moving parts, why even go crazy with light blockage due to thermal expansion of parts of weapons.
Baryshev scheme taken from the air guns, only they served more qualified, than the usual army of small arms and work in a different environment. And resources they have to lower average repair, than the army of small arms.
The conclusion is – linear parts of the weapon unusable, it is necessary for special forces, where the fire contact is fleeting, We need greater maneuverability powerful small arms and perfectly trained warrior, intellectually developed, in BOYU proactive and derzok.
Performance characteristics grenade ARGB
weight without ammunition: 15,3 kg
length of all weapons (Stock complex / decayed): 700/950 mm
barrel length: 300 mm
caliber: 30 mm
rate of fire: 350 rounds per minute
initial velocity grenade: 185 m / s
Capacity standard shop: 5 Garnet
30-mm VOG-17M grenade launcher for Baryshev ARGB
