GM-94

• Name — GM-94 • Origin — Russia • Is Ranged — yes • Type — Pump action grenade launcher • Designer — KBP • Manufacturer — KBP • Used By — Spetsnaz, FSB, MVD and National Guard • Wars — 2005 raid on Nalchik Libyan Civil War Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Russo-Ukrainian war • Cartridge — 43×30mm • Weight — 4.8 kg unloaded 5.8 kg loaded • Length — 810 mm stock extended 540 mm stock folded • Action — Double action • Velocity — 85 m/s • Range — 300 m • Max Range — 500 m • Feed — 3 round pump action above-barrel tubular magazine • Sights — Iron sights

In June 2005, GM-94 with thermobaric VGM-93.100 ammunition was adopted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. In October 2007, the Russian armed forces adopted the launcher designated as LPO-97 (Legkiy Pekhotnyy Ognemet; Легкий Пехотный Огнемет; ‘light infantry flamethrower’) developed in the KBP Instrument Design Bureau on the basis of the GM-94 with a thermobaric grenade, in 2008 GM-94 was adopted for the branches of the Federal Security Service. The weapon was used in the battle of Nalchik in 2005 and in Crimea 2014. Though the launcher was initially intended for use by Russian security forces, the GM-94 has been spotted as far afield as Kazakhstan, where it is in service with the Kazakhstani paramilitary police tactical unit Sunkar ("Hawk") and in the hands of non-state combatants during the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime in Libya 2011. Russian forces have used this weapon to fire non-lethal tear gas grenades on protesters in Ukraine in March 2022.

• Illustration — Map with GM-94 users in blue • Belarus • Kazakhstan • Libya • Mongolia • Russian Federation • Ukraine • Mongolia