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Estonia hands over a batch of Swedish "kings" to Ukraine to fight the invader's tanks

The new assistance package from Tallinn will include (except for howitzers and artillery support vehicles) the most effective Carl Gustav M3 grenade launchers in the world.

🇪🇪We
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are talking about this infantry weapon, which can rightfully be called a tank killer.

🇸🇪Destination
A reusable hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher is effective against tanks, armored personnel carriers, caponiers, firing points and enemy manpower.
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🇸🇪Modifications
There are four versions of the RPG. "Karl Gustav M3" (the third in a row and the most massive version) was developed in 1991. Instead of a steel barrel, it has a thin-walled liner (steel threaded liner) in a fiberglass casing. /3

Equipped with a 3x optical sight with a laser rangefinder.

🇸🇪Caliber and type
This is a dynamo-reactive RPG (without recoil) of 84 mm caliber.

🇸🇪Effective firing range
150 meters against moving targets, 700 meters against stationary targets, 1,000 meters against /4

stationary targets when using rocket-propelled grenades.

🇸🇪Penetration
The RPG can penetrate 500 mm and 400 mm thick armor equipped with reactive armor.

🇸🇪Shots
It can use various shells - active-reactive armor-piercing, high-explosive fragmentation with a remote fuse, /5

cumulative, shells with GPE (ready-made striking elements), smoke, etc.

🇸🇪Popularity
The RPG is in service with the armies of 40 countries of the world, except for Russia.
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Ease of use and reliability ensure that well-trained crews can easily stop even a massive tank breakthrough.

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