Designed on the basis of AGS-17, the AGS-30 provides better mobility, longer range and better accuracy during firing.

Significantly lighter than its previous version, the AGS-30 weighs 30 kg loaded, meaning it can be carried by one person.

After the success of the AGS-17 in Afghanistan, the KBP Instrument Design Bureau began work on a new grenade launcher.

The Russian army needed a weapon that could easily flush militants out of their fortified building hideouts.

[12] The AGS-30 is fed from special belt drums that hold 29 linked rounds.