The Pallad S is a prototype Polish grenade launcher.
History[]
Several grenade launchers were developed in Poland in the 1960s, with one of them being the Pallad grenade launcher. While these grenade launchers were under development, development of an automatic grenade launcher was started and both programs were run concurrently; the automatic grenade launcher was to be named the Tytan but was dropped due to many people saying there was no need to develop a grenade launcher of that kind and that if need be, the Soviet AGS-17 would be adopted.
It was decided that work resume on automatic grenade launchers resume in the 1970s, with the culminating weapon being the Pallad S. Development of the weapon lasted from 1982 to 1985, with the main goal of the project being to create a man-portable automatic grenade-launching weapon. Two prototypes were built by OBR SM Tarnów in 1985, but did not enter service. Design work ended in 1988.[1]
Design Details[]
The Pallad S is a semi-automatic grenade launcher. The weapon is fed by five-round tube magazines located above the receiver of the weapon. The weapon features a foregrip which is essentially an AK-style pistol grip acting as a foregrip. The weapon's build quality is said to not have been the best.[2]