page_title: Pallad grenade launcher
hierarchical_section_title: Pallad grenade launcher
caption_attribution_description: Polski: 5,45-mm karabinek-granatnik wz.1974 (5,45-mm karabinek wz.88 Tantal z podwieszonym 40-mm granatnikiem wz.1974 Pallad English: kbk wz. 1988 Tantal, with Pallad underslug grenade launcher
context_page_description: The Pallad is a 40 mm Polish underslung grenade launcher, developed for use with the AKM assault-rifle and intended to replace the kbkg wz. 1960 grenade-launcher rifle. The name of the weapon reflects the Polish-language word for palladium.
  The development of the weapon drew on concepts provided by Józef Brodacki.
  The wz. 1983 Pallad D, the stand-alone version of the wz. 74, features a stock and AK type pistol grip.
  There are also variants compatible with 40x46mm NATO named GP-40 and GS-40.
context_section_description: The Pallad (also known as the wz. 1974) is a 40 mm Polish underslung grenade launcher, developed for use with the AKM assault-rifle and intended to replace the kbkg wz. 1960 grenade-launcher rifle. The name of the weapon reflects the Polish-language word for palladium.
  The development of the weapon drew on concepts provided by Józef Brodacki.
  The wz. 1983 Pallad D, the stand-alone version of the wz. 74, features a stock and AK type pistol grip.
  There are also variants compatible with 40x46mm NATO named GP-40 (40x46mm version of wz. 74 Pallad) and GS-40 (40x46mm version of wz. 83 Pallad-D).
caption: The wz. 74 grenade launcher mounted on a wz. 88 Tantal rifle
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