On April 10, 2008 the 43mm GM-94 magazine grenade launcher and associated ammunition were adopted for service by the order of the Federal Security service of the Russian Federation.

Under-barrel and hand-held grenade launchers make it possible to radically enhance combat capability of a warrior. The KBP-made GM-94 magazine grenade launcher, or to be more precise the grenade launcher system, since in-house, unique, multi-purpose ammunitions were developed and are manufactured hereto, falls into this weapon category. GM-94 was developed under the leadership of outstanding designer, academician Vassily Petrovich Gryazev, a winner of the Hero of Socialist Labor award.

After the grenade launcher and the ammunition had been subjected to comprehensive trials, the 43-mm GM-94 hand-held grenade launcher and the VGM-rounds were adopted into service with the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation in June 2005.

A GM-94-based version was developed to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces, which coded as LPO-97 was adopted into inventory of the ABC-protection units along with thermobaric ammunition.

In terms of its combat effectiveness the GM-94 has no counterparts and offers considerably enhanced fire power for independently-acting combat units, especially in urban combat and in the course of assault and anti-terrorist operations.

Another advantageous feature of GM-94 is the weapon’s low signature, such as low-pitched sound and lack of muzzle blaze. Naturally, the GM-94 operational use causes no dust cloud at launch, as in case of a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

As of now, development has been completed of thermobaric, irritating-action, flash/noise effect, shock-action and fragmentation ammunition.

Other special-purpose ammunitions are being developed. A wide range of rounds enables the user to perform various combat missions.

The law-protection agency personnel can make use of the multi-purpose weapon employing high-efficiency, versatile ammunition, including non-lethal rounds.