The Karabinek-granatnik wzór 1960 (Polish for "Carbine-grenade launcher model 1960"), also designated PMK-DGN-60Katz, Russel, and Volstad, Armies in Lebanon (1985), p. 44, Plate G1. or PMK-60,Rottman and Volstad, Warsaw Pact Ground Forces (1987), p. 53, Plate E1. is a Polish-made version of the AK-47 assault rifle that can fire rifle grenades.
Description The LON-I grenade launcher is screwed onto the forward end of the rifle barrel and locked into place by means of a spring-loaded plunger mounted in the front sight base of a modified AK-47 rifle. The sight for the launcher is mounted on the rear sight base. A valve is fitted to the right side of the gas block, allowing the gas to be shut off (preventing it from leaving the barrel via the gas port) when the grenades are fired.
When using the rifle to launch grenades, a special rubber recoil pad is used and a special 10-round magazine is inserted. This magazine has a filler block that prevents it from being used with "normal" (i.e. bulleted) cartridges. There is also a regular version of this rifle as well that was not designed to shoot grenades.
Operators
: Limited use by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrilla factions in Lebanon. : Limited use now, mostly being replaced by the wz. 83 Pallad.
: Used during the Vietnam War by the Vietcong and NVA.
See also Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl
Notes
References
Samuel M. Katz, Lee E. Russel, and Ron Volstad, Armies in Lebanon 1982-84, Men-at-arms series 165, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1985. Gordon L. Rottman and Ron Volstad, Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Elite series 10, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1987. Gordon L. Rottman, The AK-47 Kalashnikov-series assault rifles, Weapon series 8, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2011.