the ags-17 plamya is a soviet automatic grenade launcher. ("plamya" means "flame" in russian. ags stands for .) it was designed to fire 30x29mm grenades. it was designed by alexander fedorovich kornyakov and okb-16 (now kbp tula). it was manufactured by "molot" plant. multiple countries use the ags-17. it was later replaced by the ags-30.