Gun Wiki

M.O.S. Please read and keep the Manual of Style in mind while editing.

Also, remember that there is to be no copying and pasting from other sources, at any time - your edits must be in your OWN words!

READ MORE

Gun Wiki

The Kulakov grenade launcher was a prototype grenade launcher designed in the USSR during the Second World War.

Overview[]

The Kulakov grenade launcher is a revolver-type grenade launcher designed by a Captain Kulakov during WW2.[1] It is apparently the first revolving grenade launcher in the world.[2]

The grenade launcher is made from a cut-down Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifle. The Mosin-Nagant is sawed down, with a stock pad and pistol grip added to facilitate recoil control. A large revolving foreend was added in front of the sawed-off Mosin-Nagant, which held five 44×15mm grenades. The Mosin-Nagant would be loaded with blank cartridges in order to launch the grenades.[2]

The cylinder rotates automatically; after firing a shot, expanding gases are trapped in a chamber around the muzzle, forcing the barrel to move forwards, breaking the obturation of the rifle chamber, cylinder, and launcher barrel, and forcing the cylinder to rotate. A recoil spring would then force the barrel back. The user can then cycle the action, load another blank cartridge, and fire another grenade.[1]

Only a small number of the Kulakov grenade launcher were prototyped.[2] The grenade launcher was not adopted because it had many issues and did not meet its requirements.[1]

References[]

External Links[]