PHOTOGRAPH OF A B-41 (PG-7) ANTITANK GRENADE FOR DISPENSING CHEMICAL AGENTS

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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: July 28, 1988

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Photograph of a B-41 (PG-7) Antitank Grenade for Dispensing
Chemical Agents
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1. One (1) color photograph
of a p-41 (PG-7) antitank grenade-has been deposited in the
files from which
copies may be obtained. The photograph was taken during
No lens data were provided. , �
-_The_R_-_41_racket-gip_toelled grenade was obtined
from a weapons and
ammunition store in Chinaimo Camp (TE409801) in Vientiane,
Laos. The shell is one of a number of such shells
transported from Vietnam to the camp in Vientiane in 19.83.
The rounds were also deployed in Sayabouri, Khammouan and
Savannakhet Provinces of Laos. The round was said to have
a r4IPmina1 warhead. (Comment:
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Soviet-made chemical agent CS powder was dispensed using '(
the B-41 rocket.)
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3. The shell is about two feet in length and is light
green in color. The warhead section of the round has a
cavity inside and is detachable from the tail section. The
shell has the following markings which have been
transliterated from cyrillic:
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PG-7
11 (inside double circles)-22-76
RNDSI-5K
3B-7G
10 (inside double circles)-5-76
11 (inside double circles)-21-76
22-76 11 (inside double circles)
Comment: The markings are not readable in
the photograph.)
4. Comment:
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100 cases of 8-41 rockets(b)(1)
(with 12 rockets per case), were shipped in two trucks to (b)(3)
the chemical warehouse of the LPA-camp at Seno, Savanakhet
Province, on 22 April 1986.
dSsceibed the rounds as being 64 centimeters in length and(b)(1)
27 centimeters in circumference. The munitions 'were (b)(3)
painted the color of "dried leaves." Each shell had six
ports located in the mid-section of the shell. The serial
number for the fuse section was: BP-7-MGU (11). The number
"22-" was printed on the pointed end of the round. The
mid-portion of the shell was printed with the number: 11
(circled)-22-76. On both sides of the shell was printed:
"A-IX-Y, with six fuzes." On the rear of the round was
printed: 14 (circled)-22-76, followed by a "P-7." On the
rear of the shell was printed: 11 (circled)-22-76. The
bottom of the shell was printed with the following:
RNDSI-5K10 (with the 10 circled)-5-76 3V-7G(11)-21-76. The
cases for the B-41 rounds were marked: 11 (circled)-22-76K,
under which was printed: PG-7. a
six-man Soviet team, headed by a o one ( FNU Pilanov)) (WO)
(phonetic), with two LPA officers visited the chemical M(3)
warehouse at Seno on ,a bimonthly basis. The team also
inspected storage sites in the Savannakhet and Pakse areas,
as well as other unspecified locations.)
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