It can fire 40 mm medium velocity rounds, too.
as if they were grenades, one would wonder if the launchers themselves have reached the end of the road in terms of their evolution. With drones getting smaller and warfare becoming more electronic, the focus may have shifted towards developing other technologies rapidly. Still, companies like Rheinmetall continue to work on improving combat weapons, too, and the SSW40 is proof of the progress they have made.
What Rhinmetall manages to do with the SSW40 is make the grenade launcher even smaller and easier to operate while packing a more considerable punch in a smaller weapon. In its press release, Rhinemetall claims that it has reduced the weapon's recoil and uses a self-regulating recoil system to fire any 40 mm low velocity ammunition types. The SSW40 is still a shoulder-fired grenade launcher but with a magazine to reload the grenades; it acts more like an assault rifle.
This includes ammunition with a range of up to nearly 3,000 feet and capable of piercing armor or an airburst. The SSW40 also works with the medium velocity ammunition developed by Rheinmetall. The press release added that this includes warheads with capabilities of creating illumination/ fog, sound, and flash, door breaching, anti-tank, and high explosive fragmentation.
Rheinmetall is confident that these ammunitions will be available by 2023, and the SSW40 will be effective even against medium-weight armored vehicles. In case of an asymmetric conflict, the magazine on the weapon can be quickly changed and used for near-peer conflict as well. The SSW40 is designed keeping in mind the inclusion of add-ons such as laser light modules, fire control sights, and infrared programmers for aerial ammunition.
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