DP-64
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The DP-64 grenade launcher is now in serial production, said Pavel Sidorov, a representative of NPO Bazalt, the designer of the DP-64, at the 2015 International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi. Sidorov said that the company received a large order from Russia's Defense Ministry for the weapons. Previously, the DP-64 has only been built in small numbers for the Russian coast guard, Federal Security Service, and a handful of marine units.
Though large and somewhat unwieldy, the DP-64 serves an important role with few modern contemporaries in the small arms world.
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- Cartridge type: Rimmed, Separating base
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- FG-45 (ФГ-45) Fragmentation [Script error: No such module "convert". blast radius, to Script error: No such module "convert". depth]
- SG-45 (СГ-45) Floating Flare (red) [for ~50 seconds]
- UG-45 (УГ-45) HE/Concussion
Users
- File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Federation[3]
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
See also
- FHJ-84 - outwardly similar looking Chinese weapon
- DP-65
- MRG-1
- GM-94
- RGM-40 Kastet
- RGSh-30
- List of grenade launchers
- List of Russian weaponry
References
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- ↑ «экипажи противодиверсионных катеров отработали уничтожение боевых пловцов условного противника из противодиверсионных гранатомётов ДП-65А и гранатомётов ДП-64, произвели метание ручных гранат»
Корабли и противодиверсионные катера Каспийской флотилии уничтожили безэкипажные катера и выполнили гранатометание в рамках СКШУ «Океан-2024» // официальный интернет-сайт министерства обороны РФ от 13 сентября 2024