{"id":63463,"date":"2018-05-03T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=63463"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:18:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:18:16","slug":"army-begins-testing-domestically-produced-automatic-grenade-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=63463","title":{"rendered":"Army begins testing domestically produced automatic grenade launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad, May 3 (TNS): The Pakistan\u00a0Army\u00a0has started conducting trials on a domestically produced automatic grenade launcher (AGL), local media reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures posted on Twitter show\u00a0Army personnel reportedly testing an indigenous PAK-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon platform is reportedly capable of operating in temperatures ranging from 55C to -24C.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest the launcher has a range of 2,200 meters and weighs around 41 kilograms. The launcher can also be equipped with night vision or thermal sights.<\/p>\n<p>The launcher fires 40mm grenades\u00a0with a lethal radius of 10 metres\u00a0and is capable of firing multiple types of grenades.<\/p>\n<p>An Automatic grenade launcher is much like a machine gun, as it fires rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or a magazine. It is also mounted on vehicles or helicopters and requires a small team to operate it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Islamabad, May 3 (TNS): The Pakistan\u00a0Army\u00a0has started conducting trials on a domestically produced automatic grenade launcher (AGL), local media reported on Thursday. Pictures posted on Twitter show\u00a0Army personnel reportedly testing an indigenous PAK-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher. The weapon platform is reportedly capable of operating in temperatures ranging from 55C to -24C. Reports suggest the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63465,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63463\/revisions\/63465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}