The RG-6 is a Russian 40mm revolver-type grenade launcher developed by the Tula-based TsKIB SOO between 1993 and 1994 and brought into service in 1994. A six-shot infantry weapon firing caseless grenades compatible with the underbarrel GP-25 launcher, it was created to increase infantry firepower in the close, urban fighting typical of the Chechen wars. It weighs 6.2 kilograms, fires from a swing-out revolving cylinder at a muzzle velocity of 76.5 meters per second, and can reach a rapid rate of fire of up to two rounds per second.
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The RG-6 (GRAU designation 6G30) is a Russian 40 mm, six-shot, revolver-type grenade launcher developed between 1993 and 1994 by Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons (TsKIB SOO), Tula, Russia.
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Revolver grenade launcher
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40 mm caseless grenades
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1994-present
Used In: First Chechen War, Infobox: wars
First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Russo-Ukraine War
Used In: Second Chechen War, Infobox: wars
First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Russo-Ukraine War
Used In: Syrian Civil War, Infobox: wars
First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Russo-Ukraine War
Operated By: Russian Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
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Wikidata Q1062668, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1993.
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