25th “Sicheslav” Airborne Brigade received Ukrainian PGOF-40 grenades

4 July, 2023 PGOF-40 40x53mm grenades of the Ukrainian military. July 2023, Ukraine. Photo credits: European Solidarity

Ukrainian paratroopers received 40mm grenades that were manufactured in Ukraine. Petro Poroshenko, the fifth President of Ukraine, handed over the batch of grenades and equipment to several brigades. The 25th Airborne Brigade received Ukrainian PGOF-40 grenades with equipment.

The 80th Air Assault Brigade also received bath and laundry mobile facilities and five DAF trucks.

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PGOF-40 grenades, bath and laundry facilities, equipment, and trucks for Ukrainian paratroopers. July 2023. Ukraine.

Photo credits: European Solidarity

Currently, in hostilities, PGOF-40s are used to drop from converted drones capable of carrying explosives. At some point, they were produced for Ukrainian UAG-40 automatic grenade launchers, which never became a mass weapon in the military.

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PGOF-40 40x53mm grenades of the Ukrainian military. July 2023, Ukraine.

Photo credits: European Solidarity

At the same time, the UAG-40 grenade launcher successfully passed state tests in December 2017. In 2018, the Kuznia na Rybalskomu enterprise developed the Piranya self-propelled platform, which was armed with this grenade launcher.