Total weight per launcher: 17.7 kg (unloaded)īlank cartridge capacity: 30 rounds (per launcher) Total weight of system: 177.8 kg (unloaded) Practical rate of fire: 50–75 rounds per minute (using 5 barrels) Theoretical rate of fire: 375 rounds per minute (using 5 barrels) The AWGŁ-3 is intended to control “groups of people who behave aggressively and larger groups… violating the legal order”.īarrel diameter: Muzzle: 51.4 mm breech: 51.8 mm When fired from a moving vehicle, the barrels must maintain an elevation of no less than 30 degrees. When in the single-launcher configuration, a Polish Police source indicates that a launcher can be operated while standing, kneeling, or sitting, provided that it is rested against a firm surface, such as a wall. Nonetheless, the individual launchers can be detached from the mounting system as used as individual weapons as required. The AWGŁ-3 is intended to be mounted to a vehicle and fired when stationary. Figure 1.4 An example of the UGŁ-200/1 munition (source: ‘Dimitar’, via ). The munitions are all produced by Nitro-Chem in Bydgoszcz. The munitions are marked in the typical Warsaw Pact style: designation, factory code, batch number, year of production. When fired, the munitions are ignited by the heat of the propelling cartridge, but they may also be ignited by hand and thrown. Other munitions, including smoke grenades, may also be fired from the AWGŁ-3. The UGŁ-200/1 munition also incorporates a loud acoustic effect. These generate a CN (sometimes known by the trademark ‘Mace’) irritant/lachrymatory smoke that will cover approximately 25–30 m around the point of impact, with effects extending up to 120 m away. The UGŁ-200 and UGŁ-200/1 (see Figure 1.4) are the two most common munitions used with the AWGŁ-3. 43/60 grenade blank to propel simple, cardboard-bodied 51 mm Uniwersalny granat łzawiący (UGŁ ‘universal lachrymatory grenade’) RCA munitions out to 180 metres. Figure 1.3 The AWGŁ-3 in the crew-served configuration (source: D&B Militaria). The technical characteristics of the weapon are presented below. One, three, or five of the assembled launchers can be fired from a single central trigger, using a safety/selector knob to engage the desired number of weapons or place the system on safe (see the gallery). In its crew-served configuration (see Figure 1.3), five launchers are mounted in a single housing, for operation from a vehicle or fixed position. The weapon features two magazines: one standard AK-type magazine containing blank cartridges (so-called ‘grenade blanks’) and one top-loaded, five-round magazine that containing 52 mm riot control agent (RCA) munitions. The weapon uses a simple blowback action for its operation. Although the weapon features a standard AK-type pistol grip, magazine, and trigger assembly, the top half of the weapon is of a new design. The AWGŁ-3 is a less-lethal launcher based on the receiver of a Polish AKM. Figure 1.2 The RWGŁ-3 less-lethal launcher (source: original source unknown). Figure 1.1 The AWGŁ-3 in the single-launcher configuration (source: D&B Militaria). The AWGŁ-3 entered service with the police and paramilitary units of communist Poland in 1982, and remains in the armouries of the modern Polish federal police, as well as law enforcement units in Austria, Croatia, and Hungary. This riot control system was developed in the 1970s by the Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy (OBR ‘Research and Development Centre’), alongside the RWGŁ-3 (shown in Figure 1.2). The unusual Polish AWGŁ-3 less-lethal launcher system, shown in Figure 1.1 in its single-launcher configuration, can be operated as a stand-alone weapon or as part of a crew-served system.
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