Rounds for Grenade Launchers

40x53 mm RHV- HEF

Rounds for Grenade Launchers

40x53 mm Round RHV- HEF with High-Explosive Fragmentation Grenade

NSN:1310-50-001-6405

Designation

The 40x53 mm Round RHV-HEF is intended to destroy enemy manpower in open terrain and transport means at distance of up to 2200 m.

Compatibility

The rounds are designed to be fired fromAutomaticGrenadelaunchers, as follows: GD/SACO Mk19, HK GMG, SB LAG40, and other Automatic Grenade Launchers, compatible with 40x53 mm High velocity Rounds, meeting NATO requirements

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS RHV- HEF

Round, complete

Type of the Round

High Velocity, High-Explosive Fragmentation

Caliber, mm

40x53

Overall length, mm

112 max

Weight of Round, kg

0.365 max

Linked, link type

32-round capacity metal belt, comprised of M16A2 disintegrating links

Grenade

Type of Grenade

High-Explosive Fragmentation

Weight of Grenade, kg

0.255 max

Explosive filling type

RDX composition

Weight of Explosive Filling, kg

0.048

Propelling Charge

Primer

percussion, FED 215 (or equivalent)

Cartridge case material

aluminum alloy

Propellant type

NC Single base

Weight of Propellant, kg

0.004

Fuze

Fuze type

AF414 – point detonating, time and super quick,with check action, distant arming and self-destruction

Thread Size

1 15/32"-24UNS-2A

Weight, kg

0.082 max

Fuze safety (Not armed distance), m

18

Fuze armed distance, m

60

Self-destruction time, s

not less than 25

BALLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS

Muzzle velocity, m/s

(measured at 24 m from muzzle)  

237±10

Max Firing Range, m

2200

Operation temperature range, °C

from minus 54 to 52

DESTRACTIVE CHARACTERISTICS

Radius of defeat, m

6

 

PACKING  

32-round loaded belt (links M16A2 type) is packed in a metal box PA120 (32 Rounds totally)

Metal box dimensions, mm:

476x162x264

Metal box weight, kg: 19
Metal box volume, m3:

0.02

Palletizing:

 

48 metal boxes, type PA120 are packed in a flatiron tape-bound wooden pallet

(1536 Rounds totally)

Pallet dimensions, mm:               

Pallet weight, kg:                       

Pallet volume, m3:

 

 

 

 

1300x1034x942

950

1.27

Class of explosion hazard: 1.1Е, UN 0006

Shelf life

10 years, if stored in storeroom conditions, in the original non-opened packing of the Manufacturer, strictly observing all handling and storage instructions of theManufacturer.

 

NEQ per round: 0.053717