The AGS-30 is a Russian-made 30mm caliber automatic grenade launcher designed to engage enemy manpower and soft-skin vehicles located in the open, in trenches, behind natural terrain features, and on reverse slopes with fragmentation grenades. It is a lightweight small-size maneuverable efficient weapon. Its small dimensions ensure concealment and quick changes of the firing position, and also firing out of windows. A considerable field of fire allows the launcher to engage fleeting targets. For the first time, the weapon's design has made it easily transportable by one man together with the mount. The AGS-30 replaces the old Soviet-made AGS-17 which has 40 percent fewer components, is that the AGS-30 is much lighter while retaining a range and rate of fire similar to those of the earlier weapon. The AGS-30 automatic grenade launcher system has successfully passed all the tests to comply with stringent Russian standards. It is currently series-produced and exported.