The RGS-50M is a

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break-action Russian grenade launcher manufactured by Degtyarev Plant. It is mainly intended for less than lethal (

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) and

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roles, but it is also capable of firing

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projectiles.

Description

The RGS-50M is a

break-action Russian grenade launcher manufactured by Degtyarev Plant. It is mainly intended for less than lethal (

) and

roles, but it is also capable of firing

projectiles.

Ammunition

Rubber baton, rubber buckshot, teargas grenade, FRAG grenade, Smoke grenade: * GS-50

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* GSZ-50 flashbang * EG-50 shock-effect rubber

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* EG-50M shock-effect rubber pellets

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* GO-50 lethal fragmentation grenade * GK-50 lethal

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grenade * GV-50 door-buster * GD-50 instantaneous smoke screen * BK-50 glass-breaking * GS-50M improved tear gas grenade * GS-50PM training grenade

History

The development of the RGS-50M started in the mid-1980s with the first few production models made in the late 1980s, back then known as the RGS-50. In the 1990s, the development of the RGS-50M started with a folding foregrip installed.

Variants

*RGS-50 - Original version *RGS-50M - Upgraded version with improved trigger, stock and recoil buffer

Users

Current

* : Known to be ordered in 2014 for Ministry of Interior.

Former

* : RGS-50s bought by the KGB.

References

{{commons category, RGS-50M Grenade launchers of Russia Riot guns Riot control weapons Teargas grenade guns Degtyarev Plant products