AGS-17 [SEP] designer
reduce barrel stress) rifled barrel.
The standard metal ammunition drum contains 29 linked rounds.
The tripod is equipped with fine levelling gear for indirect fire trajectories.
Development.
Development of the AGS-17 ("Avtomaticheskiy Granatomyot Stankovyi"—Automatic Grenade launcher, Mounted) started in the USSR in 1965 by the OKB-16 design bureau (now known as the KBP Instrument Design Bureau, located in the city of Tula). Most probably its development was inspired by the Sino-Soviet border conflict of the late 1960s, as well as
task that was nearly never achieved by Gabriele Tarquini and Yannick Dalmas. AGS then finished 15th in the Constructors' Championship, equal with the Lolas used by the Larrousse team. During the summer months, there were strong rumours that AGS would soon use a new W12 engine developed by the French designer Guy Nègre. This strange MGN ("Moteurs Guy Nègre") machine saw the light of day in late 1988 and was tested in an old AGS JH22 chassis in the summer of 1989. It was clear that AGS was not