For recent 40 years grenade launchers development occupies a significant place among the main directions of Bazalt's research activities. So far over 30 items of close-in weaponry have been adopted for service with the Armed Forces.

Bazalt employs top-class designers, product engineers and researchers. Up-to-date production and test facilities are available at "Bazalt". The Enterprise is in close cooperation with Higher School and Academy Scholars.Steady research and economic relations with series-production plants are constantly progressing with these plants involving in all stages of development.

Bazalt's activities begin with grenade launcher systems development concept and end with items putting into series production and products small scale manufacturing at its own production facilities.

Initially, grenade launcher systems were developed as antitank weapon systems.

Antitank grenade launcher systems allow an infantryman to efficiently engage armored combat vehicles at short ranges and light fortifications, to suppress fire emplacements located in buildings and structures.
Weapon systems of this kind are indispensable when being used in military operations in urban terrain, in mountainous areas, in cross-country terrain, in ambush operations. Ease of handling and combat application which do not require gunners long-term special training of firers, optimal dimensions and weight characteristics making it possible to transport a grenade launcher with ammunition for it on the battlefield by one man, possibility of using day and night sights, high reliability and trouble-free operation under various climatic conditions and , more importantly, comparatively low cost, all these factors allow the grenade launcher to enjoy by right the title of infantryman's portable artillery.

Within a period of 1958 to 1970 the following systems were developed:

- the world-renowned RPG-7V antitank grenade launcher with the PG-7V round, with subsequent upgrading of the both;
- SPG-9 (SPG-9M) mounted antitank grenade launcher with the PG-9V high-explosive antitank round and the PG-9V fragmentation round;
- the RPG-16 portable antitank grenade launcher with the PG-16V round intended for use by airborne troops;
- the RPG-18 antitank rocket grenade with a disposable launcher.

- It is primarily a family of new rounds for the world-renowned RPG-7 (RPG-7V1):

- PG-7VL with a HEAT warhed boasting an enhanced efficiency;
- PG-7VR with a tandem (two-stage) warhead capable of defeating current tanks fitted with add-on explosive reactive armor;
- TBG-7VR fitted with a thermobaric warhead which in terms of efficiency is comparable to an artillery projectile or to a 120mm mortar shell(TBG-7V functioning is based on the fuel-air explosion principle). It is actually a very powerful weapon of a motorized rifle unit.
- ОG-7V fitted with a fragmentation warhead which in terms of accuracy of fire is comparable to small arms systems. It is particularly efficient for engaging hostile fire emplacements during military operations in built-up areas or in cross-country terrain.

Round accuracy of fire and WH efficiency ensure a single-shot defeat of the target at a range of up to 300m. Thus, the RPG-7V1 grenade launcher with a range of rounds (PG-7VL, PG-7VR, TBG-7V and OG-7V) has no equivalents in the world and allows a gunner to accomplish a wide range of combat missions.

In the mid-80s designers were challenged to find fundamentally new non-traditional design solutions in the field of creating antitank weapon systems with consideration for current tanks adequate protection (combined, screened and explosive reactive armor). The problem was solved by Bazalt's specialists through the development of a radically new tandem two-stage warhead and the new PG-7VR round fitted with this WH. The PG-7VR round has successfully undergone firing ground/operational tests and in 1988 it was introduced into service. The PG-7VR round is capable of defeating any current tanks including those fitted with ERA.

The WH developed for the PG-7VR round was later on successfully used for development of the RPG-27 antitank rocket grenade with a disposable launcher and the PG-29V round which were put into service in 1989.
The PG-29V dimensions and weight were slightly increased as compared with the PG-7VR round, nevertheless its efficiency was considerably enhanced, the fire range was increased by over 100 percnt and runs to 500m. The RPG-29 grenade launcher is equipped with an optical and a night sight.

The RPG-26 and RPG-27 antitank rocket grenades with single-shot launchers developed by FSUE "SRPE "Bazalt" are actually a soldier's individual weapon intended for fighting armored targets, they are also highly efficient for suppressing manpower located in bunkers, brick and reinforced concrete structures or in fortifications of various types.

RPG-26's dimensions and weight are comparable with those of small arms, it is capable of fighting tanks at any course angle of target motion. The WH of RPG-26 is capable of penetrating armor with a thickness of up to 500mm, as well as reinforced concrete, brickwork and log obstacles with a thickness of 1000mm, 1500mm and 2400mm, respectively. The experience of using this weapon system during combat actions in various local conflicts showed that it was acknowledged to be the soldier's best weapon.

RPG-27 is a derivative of RPG-26, it is fitted with a 105mm tandem WH unified with the PG-7VR round WH. This weapon system is capable of defeating current tanks equipped with ERA.

To extend a soldier's fire capabilities on modern battlefield the RShG-1 and RShG-2 assault weapon systems were derived from RPG-26 and RPG-27. Having retained the basic versions advantages, the RShG-1 and RShG-2 assault rocket grenades with their single-shot launchers are fitted with new multi-effect WHs able to efficiently defeat manpower, both sheltered and located in the open, soft-skinned and lightly armored materiel.
The implementation of the above developments became possible only owing to the application of a crucially new approach to designing and manufacturing of weapon systems. It is based on development and production of a wide range of modules.

It was a 105mm multi-purpose hollow-charge tandem WH that for the first time was used in an AT grenade launcher system as a multi-purpose module. The PG-7VR and PG-29V rounds, as well as the RPG-27 grenade are equipped with this WH.

Radically new technical solutions allowed for strict requirements for performance and combat application to be met to ensure the possibility of engaging armored targets to be produced up to 2005. Weapon systems pootential allows WH modernization with an increase in armor penetration of up to 10 to 12 calibers and systems life cycle extension to 2010 min.

Grenade launcher systems developed by Bazalt and those being under development are capable of ensuring accomplishment of traditional tasks of defeating both current and advanced armored vehicles with regard for the existing and future technical solutions aimed at improving these targets protection.