▁pen et rate ▁c ob ▁walls ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁low ▁m uzz le ▁velocity . ▁The ▁P G - 9 ▁HE AT ▁round ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁pen et rate ▁Afghan ▁p ise ▁buildings , ▁but ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁poor ▁fragment ation ▁effect ▁of ▁an ▁anti - t ank ▁project ile ▁a ▁small ▁hole ▁was ▁often ▁the ▁only ▁result . ▁Based ▁on ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁Afghan istan , ▁a ▁B MP - 1 PG ▁( Ob ' ye kt ▁ 7 6 5 Sp 8 ) ▁was ▁fitted ▁with ▁an ▁additional ▁A GS - 1 7 ▁gr en ade ▁launch er ▁on ▁the ▁left ▁hand ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁tur ret ▁roof . ▁It ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁K urg an ▁Engineering ▁Works . ▁A ▁few ▁B MP - 1 s ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁as ▁support ▁for ▁air bor ne ▁forces ▁and ▁were ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁R PG - 1 6 ▁air bor ne ▁shoulder - launch ed ▁anti - t ank ▁ro cket - prop elled ▁gr en ades , ▁( R PG ) s , ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁B MD - 1 ▁IF V . ▁ ▁Many ▁B MP - 1 s ▁and ▁B MP - 1 P s ▁fell ▁victim ▁to ▁M uj ah ide en ▁attacks ▁and ▁anti - t ank ▁land min es ▁( see ▁Prote ction ▁Iss ues ▁section ▁for ▁more ▁details ); ▁a ▁fate ▁shared ▁by ▁many ▁Soviet ▁light ▁AF V s . ▁A ▁number ▁were ▁also ▁captured ▁by ▁the ▁M uj ah ide en .