kbkg wz. 1960
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{{Infobox weapon
|name=Karabinek-granatnik wz.1960
| image= Karabinek-granatnik wz.1960.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption=The Karabinek-granatnik wz.1960
|origin= Polish People's Republic
|type=Assault rifle-grenade launcher
|is_ranged=Yes
|service=1960–present{{Citation needed|date=February 2015}}
|used_by=See Operators
|wars=Vietnam War
1982 Lebanon War
Lebanese Civil War
Rwandan Civil War
|designer=
|design_date=1960
|manufacturer=
|unit_cost=
|production_date=
|number=5000+ kbkg wz. 1960 and 500 kbkg wz. 1960/72{{Citation needed|date=February 2015}}
|variants=karabinek-granatnik wz.1960/72
|weight=4.65 kg
|length=1075 mm
|part_length=415 mm
|width=
|height=
|cartridge=7.62×39mm
|caliber=7.62mm
|action=Gas-Operated, rotating bolt
|rate=600 round/min
(2 grenades/min)
|velocity=710 m/s
|range=300 m
|max_range=
|feed=30-round detachable box magazine
|sights=Adjustable iron sights, optional mount required for optical scope
|}}
The Karabinek-granatnik wzór 1960 ({{Langx|pl|Carbine-grenade launcher model 1960}}), also designated PMK-DGN-60Katz, Russel, and Volstad, Armies in Lebanon (1985), p. 44, Plate G1. or PMK-60,Rottman and Volstad, Warsaw Pact Ground Forces (1987), p. 53, Plate E1. is a Polish-made version of the AK-47 assault rifle that can fire rifle grenades.
Description
The LON-I grenade launcher is screwed onto the forward end of the rifle barrel and locked into place by means of a spring-loaded plunger mounted in the front sight base of a modified AK-47 rifle. The sight for the launcher is mounted on the rear sight base. A valve is fitted to the right side of the gas block, allowing the gas to be shut off (preventing it from leaving the barrel via the gas port) when the grenades are fired.
When using the rifle to launch grenades, a special rubber recoil pad is used and a special 10-round magazine is inserted.Rottman and Volstad, Warsaw Pact Ground Forces (1987), p. 53, Plate E1. This magazine has a filler block that prevents it from being used with "normal" (i.e. bulleted) cartridges. There is also a regular version of this rifle as well that was not designed to shoot grenades.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wp.mil.pl/pliki/Image/obrazki_do_stron/strona_142_kbkak1.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223506/http://www.wp.mil.pl/pliki/Image/obrazki_do_stron/strona_142_kbkak1.jpg|archive-date=2011-06-06|title=Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - Portal Gov.pl}}
Operators
- {{flag|Palestine}}: Limited use by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrilla factions in Lebanon.
- {{flag|Poland}}: Limited use now, mostly being replaced by the wz. 83 Pallad.
- {{flag|Rwanda}}{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
- {{flag|Somalia}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- {{flag|Vietnam}}: Used during the Vietnam War by the Vietcong and NVA.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
See also
Notes
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References
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- Samuel M. Katz, Lee E. Russel, and Ron Volstad, Armies in Lebanon 1982-84, Men-at-arms series 165, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1985. {{ISBN|0-85045-602-9}}
- Gordon L. Rottman and Ron Volstad, Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Elite series 10, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1987. {{ISBN|0-85045-730-0}}
- Gordon L. Rottman, The AK-47 Kalashnikov-series assault rifles, Weapon series 8, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2011. {{ISBN|978 1 84908 461 1}}
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{{AK47 derivatives}}
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Category:7.62×39mm assault rifles
Category:Rifles of the Cold War
Category:Infantry weapons of the Cold War
Category:Grenade launchers of Poland
Category:Kalashnikov derivatives
Category:Assault rifles of Poland
Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1960s
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