6G30

	6G30
Faction	SLA
Type	Grenade Launcher
Calibre	40 mm Caseless
Magazine; capacity	6
Variants	None
Games

	6G30
Faction	Soviet Union
Type	Grenade Launcher
Calibre	40 mm Caseless
Magazine; capacity	6
Variants	None
Games

The 6G30 is a 40 mm grenade launcher featured in both ArmA: Cold War Assault and ArmA: Armed Assault.

ArmA: Cold War Assault

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The 6G30 is the new designation for the stand-alone, rapid firing multi-shot launcher used by the Soviet Armed Forces. It was designed specifically to increase the firepower of the infantry during in urban combat and small-scale conflicts.

Weapon Description

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The 6G30 is used exclusively by Soviet military forces in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview

The 6G30 is a revolver-type grenade launcher with a double-action operation. It is designed to fire caseless 40 mm grenade rounds.

It loads from 6-round cylinders and is limited to a fire rate of up to 120 rounds per minute. The 6G30 has a maximum effective range of up to 350 metres.

The 6G30 served as the primary weapon of Soviet heavy grenadier units at the height of the Malden Islands Crisis. Like its American-made counterpart, the 6G30 is a multi-shot grenade launcher that can be used to suppress large groups of enemy infantry at distances of up to 350 metres.

Compared to the MM-1, the 6G30 has a smaller grenade capacity of only six rounds (versus the MM-1's twelve). But unlike its U.S. counterpart, the 6G30 uses a flip-up ladder sight that is easier to aim with.

However, it's still rather difficult to make the most out of the 6G30's maximum range since the bottom three positions of the ladder are obscured by the front sight post. This means that although it has a theoretical range of 350 metres, in practice this is mostly limited to just 250 metres.

Munitions

Damage type	Base damage value
High-Explosive	20

The 6G30 can only load one type of "magazine"; a 6-round grenade cylinder. Each of these "magazines" occupy a total of four inventory slots apiece:

6G-30 Mag.

Standard 6-round cylinder loaded with six high-explosive (HE) grenades.

Grenades are always fired with a muzzle velocity of 60 m/s. They have a blast radius of 7 metres.

Trivia

6G30 is simply the GRAU index code for the real-life "RG-6" grenade launcher still in use (albeit in limited numbers only) with both the Russian Army and various security services.
- The 6G30's appearance in Cold War Assault is highly anachronistic as the real-life RG-6 that it is based on did not enter development until the early 1990s (nor would it be officially adopted for service with any Russian security forces until the mid 1990s).
The 6G30 was not initially available in Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (the original name for Cold War Assault) and was only included with the release of Patch 1.30.

Gallery

ArmA: Armed Assault

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Grenade launcher 6G30 (RG 6) was developed between 1993 and 1994 by the Central Construction and Research Institute for Sporting and Hunting Firearms in Tula, Russia, as means of increasing infantrz firepower in urban combat. At present, it is being used by various parts of the Russian Army and special units. It uses standard 40mm grenades.

Library Description

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The 6G30 is used exclusively by SLA forces in ArmA: Armed Assault. It was added with the release of the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.