APAV40
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The APAV 40 (anti-personnel/anti-véhicule, 40mm) is a 40 mm dual purpose rifle grenade used by the French Army.
Design
The APAV 40 is a dual purpose, anti-personnel (AP) and anti-vehicle (AV), 40 mm rifle-grenade. It has a mass of Script error: No such module "convert".,[1] and a tail with stabilizing fins. Explosion is triggered by an impact fuse.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Two versions of the APAV 40 exist:
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Use
To launch, the APAV40 F2 is placed over the muzzle of a FAMAS or any NATO rifle with a (22 mm) STANAG muzzle device. Then the rifle is aimed at the target and fired. The impact of the bullet striking the bullet-trap and the expanding gases launch and arm the grenade, which explodes on impact.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In its antipersonnel capacity, the APAV 40 is used in indirect fire. The APAV 40 has a lethal radius of Script error: No such module "convert". and its shrapnel is dangerous up to Script error: No such module "convert". away.[1]
In its anti-vehicle capacity, the APAV 40 is used in direct fire. Under an optimal angle, the APAV 40 is capable of piercing Script error: No such module "convert". of armour.[1]
The FAMAS provides an alidade sight for launching the grenade from Script error: No such module "convert".. The FAMAS can also be inclined/angled by 45°, to allow fire from Script error: No such module "convert"., with 20-metre increments; or by 74°, to allow fire from Script error: No such module "convert"., with Script error: No such module "convert". increments. French rifle grenades are notorious for having extremely strong recoil, so strong that one who does not properly brace themselves will often fall over.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
Sources and references
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French army manual on rifle grenades dated 1966 with an illustration of the APAV 40 (70 MR 61) and text on pages 29 to 31 Script error: No such module "webarchive".