They also developed a silenced 30mm grenade launcher, the BS-1 "Tishina", using a multi-round blank cartridge magazine meant to ignite the 30mm HE-DP caseless grenade. The Russian 40mm grenades are not interchangeable with U.S. These grenades are caseless, holding their own propellant within the body of the grenade. The Russian GP-30 Obuvka, GP-25 Kastyor, and BG-15 Mukha use a unique type of 40mm grenade. The Daewoo K4 Grenade Machine Gun is in service with the South Korean Armed Services. There is also the CIS 40 AGL and 40LWAGL from Singapore's ST Kinetics. Other weapons using 40mm rounds are the Corner Shot 40 grenade launcher, the Defcpm LLC XL201A1 rail mounted launcher (Defcom sales brochure, dated 2010), the Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher range, the Penn Arms PGL65-40 "Fourkiller Tactical Model" 40mm Multiple Grenade Launcher, the Heckler & Koch AG36, Heckler & Koch AG-HK416, the Heckler & Koch GMG grenade autocannon and the Heckler & Koch HK69A1. The projectile has a built in self-destruct and can be fired by any automatic grenade launcher. If an unprogrammed round is fired, it will detonate on impact. The round is programmed to airburst over the target and the fuze counts down the programmed time via its built in electronics. the fuze is mechanically armed at approximately 23 meters. the fuze is programmed through the fire control of the gun. The MK285 consists of an electronic programmable fuze, a prefragmented warhead and a propulsion system.
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