SPG-9 “Spear” ( GRAU index - 6G6 ) - Soviet anti-tank grenade launcher . The troops have the slang name "boots". The SPG-9 Grenade Launcher was put into service in 1963 . Subsequently, a fragmentation anti-personnel grenade was developed for the grenade launcher. A calculation of 4 people is able to carry a grenade launcher in a disassembled (traveling) position over long distances, as well as move it in a combat position when changing firing positions .
| SPG-9 "Spear" | |
|---|---|
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| Type of | easel anti-tank grenade launcher |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Service History | |
| Years of operation | 1963 - present |
| Adopted | |
| Production history | |
| Constructor | V.I. Silin , A.T. Alekseev |
| Specifications | |
| Weight kg | SPG-9 - 47.5 SPG-9D - 62 SPG-9M - 50.5 SPG-9DM - 64.5 |
| Length mm | 2110 |
| Barrel length mm | 670 |
| Width mm | 1055 (in combat position) |
| Height mm | 820 |
| Crew (calculation), people | four |
| Caliber mm | 73 |
| Carriage | tripod |
| Elevation angle | + 7 ° PG-9V, + 25 ° OG-9V / -3 ° |
| Angle of rotation | + -15 ° |
| Rate of fire rounds / min | 6 |
| starting speed projectile, m / s | 435 at the beginning, up to 700 after acceleration (PG-9); 316 (OG-9) |
| Sighting range , m | 800 |
| Maximum range, m | 1300, separate aiming fragmentation grenade - 4500 |
| Type of ammunition | manual loading |
| Aim | optical PGO-9 with a 4.2-fold increase; night PGN-9 infrared |
The grenade launcher is a representative of the second generation of domestic easel anti-tank grenade launchers, successfully withstood field tests in 1962 . Like manual anti-tank grenade launchers, the SPG-9 is a system in which a grenade gets its initial speed under the pressure of the gases of the starting powder charge in the barrel, and then, due to the jet engine, increases the speed to maximum.
The PG-9V shot consists of a cumulative grenade and a starting powder charge. The PG-9 grenade has a caliber warhead with a holodonic piezoelectric fuse, a jet engine with a six-blade stabilizer and two tracers. The starting charge consists of a metal charger (perforated tube with a diaphragm), a sample of nitroglycerin gunpowder in a percale cap, an igniter charge from a power supply with electric igniter and a boost unit.
Content
Creation History
The possibility of creating a grenade launcher system with a direct-shot range of 600 m and armor penetration up to 300 mm was shown during the research work carried out in 1959-1960. department No. 16 GSKB-47 (now GNPP "Basalt") in the city of Krasnoarmeysk under the leadership of P.P. Topchan. Direct development of the complex was carried out as part of the Lance “Spear” during which the requirements for range were increased to 800 m. The head developer and developer of the grenade was GSKB-47 (Topchan PP, Dubrovin E.I.), the SPG-9 grenade launcher itself was developed by the Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons ( TsKIB SOO ) in Tula (responsible contractor V.I. Silin). In the first modification of SPG-9 - PG-9V, the complex provided a probabilistic deviation of 0.46 m at a distance of 800 m, the possibility of hitting armored vehicles remained up to 1300 m.
In 1964, the leading designers of grenade launcher systems SPG-9 and RPG-7 P.P. Topchan, V.I. Baraboshkin, V.K. Firulin was awarded the Lenin Prize .
In 1971, an OG-9V fragmentation shot without a marching jet engine with an initial speed of 315 m / s was developed and adopted, a grenade launcher was modernized (SPG-9M), a new machine and sight allowed to shoot along a mounted trajectory at a distance of up to 4500 m. In 1973, a new PG-9VS armor-piercing shot was developed (chief designer E.I. Dubrovin) armor penetration increased to 400 mm. Further modifications of the shots were OG-9VM (1976) and OG-9VM1 (1986). [one]
Modifications
The grenade launcher was modernized and produced in several modifications:
- landing grenade launcher SPG-9D ( GRAU index - 6G7);
- upgraded grenade launcher SPG-9M (GRAU index - 6G13);
- upgraded landing grenade launcher SPG-9DM (GRAU index - 6G14);
- modifications with a night sight PGN-9 (GRAU index - 1PN52) - SPG-9N, SPG-9DN, SPG-9MN and SPG-9DMN.
Also, based on the SPG-9M, a 73 mm 2A28 Thunder smoothbore gun was created, which was included in the armament complex of the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle .
Grenade Launcher Shots
The following ammunition has been developed for the grenade launcher:
- PG-9V shot (GRAU index - 7P3) with PG-9 anti-tank grenade,
- OG-9V shot (GRAU index - 7P4) with OG-9 fragmentation grenade,
- OG-9VM shot (GRAU index - 7P4M) with OG-9M fragmentation grenade,
- OG-9VM1 shot (GRAU index - 7P4M1) with OG-9M1 fragmentation grenade,
- PG-9VS shot (GRAU index - 7P14) with PG-9S anti-tank grenade,
- PG-9VS1 shot (GRAU index - 7P20) with the PG-9S1 anti-tank grenade.
Also, with the 2A28 Thunder gun, the PG-15V shot is used.
Performance Specifications
The grenade launcher has the following performance characteristics:
- weight:
- with an eye - 47.5 kg,
- including tripod machine - 12 kg,
- wheel drive (for SPG-9D) - 14 kg;
- barrel length - 850 mm;
- shot length - 1115 mm (PG-9V) or 1062 mm (OG-9V);
- grenade launcher length - 2110 mm;
- the initial speed of the grenade is 435 m / s (PG-9V) or 316 m / s (OG-9V);
- maximum grenade speed - 700 m / s;
- armor penetration - 300 mm (PG-9V) or 400 mm (PG-9VS);
- maximum firing range - 1300 m (anti-tank) or 4500 m (anti-personnel);
- direct shot range - 800 m;
- rate of fire - up to 6 rounds per minute.
The calculation of the grenade launcher is 4 people: commander, gunner, loader, carrier.
Operators
- Russia : in service as of 2017 [2]
- Kyrgyzstan : in service as of 2017 [3]
- Cuba : in service
- Moldova : in service as of 2017 [4]
- Ukraine : in service [5]
- South Sudan : in service as of 2017 [6]
- Other operators
- Islamic State uses LNG-9 in hostilities in Syria [7]
- Kurdistan Workers Party uses LNG-9 against Turkish army in Turkey [8]
Former
- the USSR
- Afghanistan : in August 2002, Bulgaria donated 12 LNG-9 grenade launchers to the Afghan army [9]
- Bulgaria : in 1966, the production of SPG-9 (SPG-9) began [10] , later on the modification SPG-9DNM was developed
See also
- List of grenade launchers
Notes
- ↑ Sergey Kudryavtsev. “Designer of ammunition and grenade launchers E.I. Dubrovin ” //“ For engineering personnel ”: newspaper. - SPb, 2017. - No. 04 . - S. 02-03 .
- ↑ The Military Balance 2017, p.212, p.218
- ↑ The Military Balance 2017, p.208
- ↑ The Military Balance 2017, p.209
- ↑ “ Appearing from the AP of Ukraine, there are several anti-tank guns for breaking up and taking part in the meeting for one hour in the SRSR. For example, an SPG-9M "Spear" easel-type protonank grenade launcher, which will be used for the production of 1963 rock "
Effective "trunks" against the road armor and not less, because About the deeds of special features of the protection of the anti-tank zbroi from the minds of the ATO // the newspaper "Narodnaya Armiya" vid 23 worms 2016 - ↑ The Military Balance 2017, p. 537
- ↑ Application of LNG-9 by ISIS fighters
- ↑ Kato Dağı'nda çok sayıda mühimat ele geçirildi
- ↑ Bulgaria presented Afghanistan with Soviet weapons . RBC , August 21, 2002.
- ↑ History of Arsenal and brief description of its activity Archived March 7, 2014 to Wayback Machine . Arsenal JSCo.
Links
- Easel anti-tank grenade launcher SPG-9 "Spear" . Bialystok Baltic Marine Corps.
- Artillery. Recoilless. S. 7 . Guns.ru talks. - Scans of the manual SPG-9M, tables, photographs.