Serbian-Made 30mm Grenades Delivered to Ukrainian Military for AGS-17 Grenade Launchers

9 November, 2023 Serbian M93P1 30mm grenades of the Sloboda company in service with the Ukrainian military. Autumn 2023. Ukraine.

Photo credits: War Noir The Ukrainian military received Serbian M93P1 30mm grenades for AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers. Photos of this ammunition in Ukraine were shown by analysts from the War Noir and Ukraine Weapons Tracker projects.

M93P1 30mm grenades are made by the Serbian defense company Sloboda. Ammunition for AGS-17, which was supplied to the Ukrainian military, was manufactured in 2023. M93P1 from Sloboda weighs 360 grams and is able to hit targets at a distance of 1,700 meters.

Serbian M93P1 30mm grenades of the Sloboda company in service with the Ukrainian military.

Autumn 2023. Ukraine. Photo credits: Ukraine Weapons Tracker

Presumably, ammunition was delivered to Ukraine through the third country that ordered it.

Earlier, the President of Serbia said that he did not mind his country selling ammunition to intermediaries sending it to Ukraine. The President of Serbia stressed that profit from arms and ammunition sales is significant for his country, even though weapons can get to third countries.

Serbian Zastava M93 30mm grenade launcher with M93P1 grenades in Kosovo. September 2023.

Photo credits: militantwire.com

Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already received ER Grad 2000 122mm rockets, Serbian M62P10 120mm mortar rounds, and M68P1 82mm mortar rounds from Serbia. The ER Grad 2000 122mm rockets exceed the capabilities of similar rockets in the arsenal of the Ukrainian army.

ER Grad 2000 122mm missiles in Ukraine. Photo credits: Ukraine Weapons Tracker

At the same time, in February 2023, it became known that Serbia would refuse to acquire a Russian MiG-29 due to sanctions.

In July, a shipment of HMMWV was sent from the United States to the Serbian Army.