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{{Infobox weapon
| is_ranged          = yes
| image              = 30-мм автоматический гранатомет АГС-17 Пламя.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = AGS-17 mounted on tripod.
| name               = AGS-17 Plamya
| type               = [[Automatic grenade launcher]]
| origin             = [[Soviet Union]]
| designer           = [[KB Tochmash]]
| manufacturer       = [[Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant|Molot Plant]]
| cartridge          = {{ill|30×29mm grenade|ru|30×29 мм}}
| design_date        = 1967
| production_date    = 1967
| service            = 1970–present
| used_by            = See [[#Users|Users]]
| wars               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Soviet–Afghan War]]<ref name="Encyclopedie">{{cite encyclopedia|title=AGS-17 en Afghanistan|language=fr |encyclopedia =Encyclopédie des armes : Les forces armées du monde|publisher=Atlas|year=1986|pages=2017–2019|volume=IX|number=101. Armes modernes de soutien d'infanterie}}</ref>
* [[South African Border War]]<ref name="Encyclopedie"/><ref name="DuPisani1988">{{cite book|author=André Du Pisani|title=Beyond the Barracks: Reflections on the Role of the SADF in the Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lnMxAAAAIAAJ&q=AGS-17|date=1988|publisher=The South African Institute of International Affairs|page=12|isbn=9780908371600|quote=Near Cuvelai and Cahama the SADF for the first time encountered the considerable firepower of the Soviet-made 30mm AGS-17 grenade launcher [during [[Operation Askari]]] - its first use outside the Afghanistan theatre.}}</ref>
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[Somali Civil War]]
* [[First Chechen War]]
* [[Second Chechen War]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]
* [[Iraq War]]
* [[Ivorian Civil War (disambiguation)|Ivorian Civil War]]s{{sfn|de Tessières|2012|p=74}}
* [[Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile]]<ref name="Kordofan"/>
* [[Syrian Civil War]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.francesoir.fr/en-coop-matteo-puxton/syrie-comment-al-qaida-reprend-pied-en-zone-djihadiste|title=Syrie: comment al-Qaïda reprend pied en zone djihadiste|language=fr|website=[[France Soir]]|date=28 June 2018|access-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022401/http://www.francesoir.fr/en-coop-matteo-puxton/syrie-comment-al-qaida-reprend-pied-en-zone-djihadiste|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)]]
* [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYVaXi9QhUw|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>
* [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHH5Ith4g7g|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>
* [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]
* [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
}}
| caliber            = [[30 mm]]
| part_length        =
| ammo               =
| feed               = 29 grenades belt
| action             = Blowback
| rate               = 400 round/min
| velocity           = 185 m/s
| range              = 800 to 1,700 m
| mass               = 31 kg
| weight             = 31 kg
| length             = 840 mm
| sights             = Adjustable [[iron sights]], optional mount required for optical sights
| variants           = AG-17A helicopter-mounted version
| number             =
}}
[[File:Afgan30mmAutoMinomet.jpg|thumb|305px|AGS-17 in Afghanistan. 1986]]
The '''AGS-17''' '''Plamya'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=2944 |title=Grenade Launchers and their Ammunition: International Developments |access-date=2017-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211081647/http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=2944 |archive-date=2017-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Пламя; ''Flame'') is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-designed [[automatic grenade launcher]] in service worldwide.
==Description==
The AGS-17 is a heavy [[infantry support weapon]] designed to operate from a tripod or mounted on an installation or vehicle. The AGS-17 fires 30&nbsp;mm grenades in either direct or indirect fire to provide suppressive and lethal fire support against soft-skinned or fortified targets.
The weapon uses a [[blowback (firearms)|blowback mechanism]] to sustain operation. Rounds are fired through a removable (to reduce barrel stress) rifled barrel.
The standard metal ammunition drum contains 29 linked rounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=AGS-17 Automatic Grenade Launcher |url=http://www.military-today.com/firearms/ags_17.htm |website=www.military-today.com |publisher=Military Today |access-date=2018-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022193436/http://www.military-today.com/firearms/ags_17.htm |archive-date=2018-10-22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AGS-17 |url=http://modernfirearms.net/en/grenade-launchers/russia-grenade-launchers/ags-17-eng/ |website=modernfirearms.net |date=28 October 2010 |publisher=Modern Firearms |access-date=2018-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817042023/http://modernfirearms.net/en/grenade-launchers/russia-grenade-launchers/ags-17-eng/ |archive-date=2018-08-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 [[KB Tochmash]]), under the leadership of Alexander F. Kornyakov.<ref name = redstar/>
This lightweight weapon was to provide infantry with close to medium range fire support against enemy personnel and unarmored targets, like trucks, half-tracks, jeeps and sandbag-protected machine-gun nests. The first prototypes of the new weapon entered trials in 1969, with mass production commencing in 1971.<ref name = redstar/> The AGS-17 was widely operated and well-liked by Soviet troops in [[Afghanistan]] as a ground support weapon or as a vehicle weapon on improvised mounts installed on armoured personnel carriers and trucks.<ref name="Encyclopedie"/>
A special airborne version of the AGS-17, the AG-17A, was developed for installation on helicopters, including the [[Mi-24 Hind]] in gun pods and the [[Mil Mi-8]] on door mounts. This weapon had a thick aluminium jacket on the barrel and used a special mount and an electric remotely controlled trigger.<ref name = redstar/><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://kbtochmash.com/About-eng/hist-eng/|website=kbtochmash.com |access-date=2022-01-04}}</ref>
It is still in use with the [[Russian Ground Forces|Russian army]] as a direct fire support weapon for infantry troops; it is also installed in several vehicle mounts and turrets along with machine guns, guided rocket launchers and sighting equipment. It is being replaced by the [[AGS-30]] launcher, which fires the same ammunition, but weighs only 16&nbsp;kg unloaded on the tripod and has an upgraded blowback action.
==Variants==
*AG-17A - remotely controlled aircraft-mounted version with an electric trigger mechanism.
*AGS-17D - remotely controlled vehicle-mounted version with an electric trigger mechanism.
==RGSh-30==
Ukrainian company [[Precision Systems]] developed a [[miniaturized]] handheld version of AGS-17 called [[RGSh-30]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/20161108.aspx |title=Weapons: Semi-Automatic Grenade Launchers |access-date=2018-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170409/https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/20161108.aspx |archive-date=2018-07-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> "in order to create a grenade launcher that could respond to the needs of Ukrainian units and special forces operating in the [[Donbas]]". RGSh-30 is designed to disable armored vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/10/18/im-sorry-ukrainian-firm-develops-handheld-automatic-grenade-launcher/ |title=Portable DESTRUCTION: Ukrainian Firm Develops Handheld Automatic Grenade Launcher - |date=18 October 2016 |access-date=2017-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211162524/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/10/18/im-sorry-ukrainian-firm-develops-handheld-automatic-grenade-launcher/ |archive-date=2017-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.richardcyoung.com/essential-news/ukrainian-firm-develops-handheld-automatic-grenade-launcher/ |title=Ukrainian Firm Develops Handheld Automatic Grenade Launcher |date=18 October 2016 |access-date=2017-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211160942/https://www.richardcyoung.com/essential-news/ukrainian-firm-develops-handheld-automatic-grenade-launcher/ |archive-date=2017-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.unian.info/society/1579616-ukraine-presents-light-grenade-launcher-for-special-forces-in-donbas.html |title=Ukraine presents light grenade launcher for special forces in Donbas |access-date=2017-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031433/https://www.unian.info/society/1579616-ukraine-presents-light-grenade-launcher-for-special-forces-in-donbas.html |archive-date=2017-12-12 |url-status=live }}</ref> that can be carried like an assault rifle. RGSh-30 uses magazines with five 30mm VOG-17 grenades.
Precision Systems plans to develop versions using 20mm, 25mm, and 40mm grenades.
==Ammunition==
The AGS-17 fires {{ill|30×29&nbsp;mm|ru|30×29 мм}} [[Belted magnum|belted cartridges]] with a steel cartridge case.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russianammo.org/Russian_Ammunition_Page_30mm.html |title=From 25mm to 30mm - the Russian Ammunition Page |access-date=2018-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227173125/http://russianammo.org/Russian_Ammunition_Page_30mm.html |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two types of ammunition are commonly fired from the AGS-17. The '''VOG-17M''' is the version of the original 30&nbsp;mm grenade ammunition, which is currently available and has a basic high explosive fragmentation warhead. The '''VOG-30''' is similar, but contains a better explosive filling and an enhanced fragmentation design that greatly increases the effective blast radius. New improved VOG-30D grenade was taken into service in 2013 for use with AGS-17 and AGS-30 grenade launchers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.pl/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fria.ru%2Farms%2F20161110%2F1481078425.html&edit-text=&act=url|title = Tłumacz Google}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.armaco.bg/en/product/automatic-grenade-launchers-c12/agl-17-automatic-grenade-launcher-p508 |title=AGL-17 Automatic Grenade Launcher &#124; Armaco JSC. Bulgaria |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125111642/http://www.armaco.bg/en/product/automatic-grenade-launchers-c12/agl-17-automatic-grenade-launcher-p508 |archive-date=2017-11-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was ordered by the Russian Defense Ministry in August 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1661363 | title=Russian Defense Ministry awards $4.15 BLN worth contracts to defense industry companies }}</ref> The same month, the Russian troops fighting in [[Ukraine]] begun to receive VOG-17 grenades, factory modified for use by commercial drones.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0823/090074870/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Российские войска на передовой начали получать заводские боеприпасы для применения с коммерческих коптеров }}</ref>
The Bulgarian weapons manufacturer Arcus produces [[AR-ROG]] hand grenades based on VOG-17 cartridges and {{ill|UZRGM|ru|УЗРГ}} (Russian: УЗРГМ), which is also a Soviet design of fuse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/Arcus-AR-ROG-defensive-hand-grenade-Bulgaria.html|title=Arcus AR-ROG defensive hand grenade (Bulgaria), Grenades - Hand|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102444/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/Arcus-AR-ROG-defensive-hand-grenade-Bulgaria.html|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Similar improvised grenades are known as "[[khattabka]]s".<ref name=hrg>{{cite book|author1=Boris Pribylov |author2=Evgeny Kravchenko |title=Ручные и ружейные гранаты |trans-title=Hand and Rifle Grenades |publisher= Arktika 4D |isbn=978-5-902835-04-2|year=2008 |page=672|language=ru}}</ref>
* VOG-17M (HE)
* IO-30 (HE)
* IO-30TP (Practice)
* VOG-30 (HE)
* VOG-30D (HE)
* VUS-30 (Smoke)
==Users==
[[File:AGS-17 Plamya Users.png|thumb|Map with AGS-17 Plamya users in blue and former users in red]]<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->
===Current===
* {{flagcountry|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}}<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Armor of the Afghanistan War: No. 2009 (Firepower Pictorials Special S.) - Zaloga, Steven; Luczak, Wojciech; Beldam, Barry: 9789623619097 - AbeBooks |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9789623619097/Armor-Afghanistan-2009-Firepower-Pictorials-962361909X/plp |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.abebooks.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* {{flag|Angola}}<ref name="jones2009" /><ref name="DuPisani1988" />
* {{flag|Armenia}} – imported{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}
*{{AZE}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azerbaijan fires AGS-17 grenade launcher at Nagorno Karabakh line of contact|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/862916.html|access-date=2021-01-06|website=armenpress.am|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Azerbaijani forces fire AGS-17 grenade launcher at north-eastern direction of NK line of contact|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/874537/eng/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=armenpress.am|language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bulgaria}} – a modernized version, the AGL-30M, produced locally by [[Arsenal AD]]<ref>[http://www.arsenal-bg.com/defense_police/30%20mm%20AGL-30M.htm 30 mm ARSENAL Automatic Grenade Launcher AGL-30M] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105012025/http://www.arsenal-bg.com/defense_police/30%20mm%20AGL-30M.htm |date=2013-01-05 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Chad}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|China}} – produced by Norinco based on captured examples from Mujahideen groups.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Arms-and-Munitions-Brief-No.-1-QLZ-87-Automatic-Grenade-Launcher.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105437/http://www.armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Arms-and-Munitions-Brief-No.-1-QLZ-87-Automatic-Grenade-Launcher.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jones2009" /><ref name="armadaint2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+new+generation+of+AGLs%3A+within+only+a+few+decades+the+Automatic...-a086195789|title=A new generation of AGLs: within only a few decades the Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL) has leapt from the concept stage to becoming a widely accepted and valued infantry support weapon, providing the foot soldier with a highly effective area fire suppression system.|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430050116/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+new+generation+of+AGLs%3A+within+only+a+few+decades+the+Automatic...-a086195789|archive-date=30 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cuba}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Czech Republic}}
* {{flag|Ecuador}}: Used during Cenepa war 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/algunas-armas-utilizadas-en-la-guerra-del-cenepa-1995/ |title=Algunas armas utilizadas en la guerra del Cenepa (1995) |date=3 October 2012 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Georgia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |title=Armament of the Georgian Army |access-date=23 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309192408/http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Iraq}} – produced under license<ref name="jones2009" /><ref name="armadaint2002" />
* {{flag|Islamic State}}<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://historicoblog4.blogspot.com/2017/09/mourir-pour-le-califat-116-en-verite.html|title=Mourir pour le califat 116/" En vérité, ils seront noyés "-Wilayat al-Raqqa|date=27 September 2017|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620153159/https://historicoblog4.blogspot.com/2017/09/mourir-pour-le-califat-116-en-verite.html|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}<ref name = 'SAS RCI 2012'>{{cite report|language=fr|title=Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale|first=Savannah|last=de Tessières|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre and [[Small Arms Survey]]|date=April 2012|series=Special Report No. 14|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf|page=97|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009102938/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Montenegro}} – designated the M93<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Mozambique}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Myanmar}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanhenews.com/227720987_115427 |title=南海点兵 &#124; 缅甸陆军位列"中南半岛三强"之一，曾令泰国恐慌 - 三河新闻网 |access-date=2018-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804170234/http://www.sanhenews.com/227720987_115427 |archive-date=2018-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Nicaragua}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|North Korea}}<ref name="Weapon">{{cite book|title=North Korea Country Handbook 1997, Appendix A: Equipment Recognition|chapter=AGS-17 AUTOMATIC GRENADE LAUNCHER|page=A-89|author=US Department of Defense|chapter-url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nkor.pdf|access-date=2015-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111733/http://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nkor.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Russia}}<ref>[https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12521045@egNews На Сахалине военнослужащие ВВО приняли участие в боевых стрельбах из гранатомета АГС-17 «Пламя»] // официальный интернет-сайт министерства обороны РФ от 19 июля 2024</ref>
* {{flag|Serbia}} – designated the M93<ref name="jones2009" /> Produced under license.<ref name ='SAS 2008 1'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2008.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2008/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2008-Chapter-01-EN.pdf|chapter=Light Weapons: Products, Producers, and Proliferation|title=Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2008|author=Small Arms Survey|page=24|isbn=978-0-521-88040-4|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174225/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2008.html|archive-date=2018-08-30|url-status=dead|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref>
*{{flag|Sierra Leone}}<ref>{{cite web|title=World Infantry Weapons: Sierra Leone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203938/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone|archive-date=24 November 2016|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_sierraleone|date=2013}}</ref>
*{{flag|Slovakia}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Vcvikov tde v Prpore vcviku Martin |url=http://www.mil.sk/28065/vycvikovy-tyzden-v-prapore-vycviku-martin.php?pg=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129091013/http://www.mil.sk/28065/vycvikovy-tyzden-v-prapore-vycviku-martin.php?pg=1 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref>
*{{flag|Somalia}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Sudan}}: used by the [[Sudanese Armed Forces]], some captured by the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North]]<ref name="Kordofan">{{cite book|title=New war, old enemies: Conflict dynamics in South Kordofan|first1=Claudio|last1=Gramizzi|first2=Jérôme|last2=Tubiana|publisher=Small Arms Survey|date=March 2013|series=HSBA Working Paper 29|isbn=978-2-9700856-2-1|url=http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/fileadmin/docs/working-papers/HSBA-WP29-S.Kordofan.pdf|page=34|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610043057/http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/fileadmin/docs/working-papers/HSBA-WP29-S.Kordofan.pdf|archive-date=2016-06-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Syria}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE-GqmKWuEo На границе Джобара и Замальки | At the border of Jobar and Zamalka.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406214022/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE-GqmKWuEo |date=2017-04-06 }} 16 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>
*{{TUR}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkey ags|url=https://twitter.com/isozygio/status/1332416045987065859}}</ref>
* {{flag|Vietnam}} – Made under license in [[Z125 Factory]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://netnews.vn/Viet-Nam-san-xuat-sung-ban-400-phatphut-xa-gan-2km-quan-su-150-159-1180540.html |title=Việt Nam sản xuất súng bắn 400 phát/Phút, xa gần 2km - Vũ Khí - NetNews.vn |access-date=2016-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004601/http://netnews.vn/Viet-Nam-san-xuat-sung-ban-400-phatphut-xa-gan-2km-quan-su-150-159-1180540.html |archive-date=2016-11-04 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/Viet-Nam-che-tao-may-tao-ranh-cho-sung-chong-bien-nguoi/20128/228076.datviet Vietnam made groove machine guns against the "wave people" (in Vietnamese)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029111005/http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/Viet-Nam-che-tao-may-tao-ranh-cho-sung-chong-bien-nguoi/20128/228076.datviet |date=October 29, 2012 }}</ref> Known under the Vietnamese industrial name of SPL-17.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tienphong.vn/hanh-trang-nguoi-linh/kham-pha-vu-khi-dac-trung-cua-quan-doi-viet-nam-878513.tpo |title = Khám phá vũ khí đặc trưng của quân đội Việt Nam| date=July 2015 }}</ref>
===Former===
* {{flag|Czechoslovakia|1945}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tempête rouge sur l'Europe|trans-title=Red Storm over Europe|magazine=Batailles & Blindés|pages=38–59|issue=52|issn=1765-0828|date=December 2012|publisher=Caraktère|language=fr}}</ref>
* {{flag|Finland}} – designated ''30 KrKK AGS-17'', replaced by the [[HK GMG]] in 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/finnisharmyequipment/index2.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126095121/http://hem.passagen.se/finnisharmyequipment/index2.htm |archive-date=2010-11-26 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Latvia}} – used in the 1990s, now replaced by the [[HK GMG]]<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Soviet Union}} – passed on to successor states
==See also==
* [[AGS-30]], first successor
* [[AGS‑40 Balkan]], second successor using [[caseless]] [[high-explosive]] 40mm [[7P39]] grenades.
* [[Daewoo Precision Industries K4]], South Korean 40&nbsp;mm grenade launcher
* [[:pl:Granatnik GA-40|GA-40]] similar weapon {{in lang|pl}}
* [[HK GMG]], similar weapon
* [[Howa Type 96]], similar weapon
* [[Milkor MGL]], another South African 40&nbsp;mm grenade launcher
* [[Mk 19 grenade launcher]], similar weapon
* [[SB LAG 40]]
* [[Type 87 grenade launcher]], used by the [[People's Liberation Army]]
* [[Vektor Y3 AGL]]
* [[XM174 grenade launcher]], similar weapon
==References==
* {{Cite book
| last = Koll
| first = Christian
| title = Soviet Cannon: A Comprehensive Study of Soviet Arms and Ammunition in Calibres 12.7mm to 57mm
| publisher = Koll
| year = 2009
| location = Austria
| url = http://www.russianammo.org
| isbn = 978-3-200-01445-9
| page = 239
}}
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=redstar>{{cite web |url=http://archive.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/5048-iz-iskryi-razgorelos-plamya |title=Из искры разгорелось "Пламя" |author=Andrey Garavsky |date=2012 |work=Red Star |access-date=2022-01-04}} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
}}
== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|AGS-17}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ags-17}}
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[[Category:Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Grenade launchers of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:KBP Instrument Design Bureau products]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1970s]]