Direct proof of use
The OGi-7MA is documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through reporting on Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Bakhmut direction. Defense Express reported on February 26, 2023 that Ukrainian troops in that sector had been supplied with Bulgarian OGi-7MA rounds for grenade launchers, citing footage released by Ukrainian border guards and describing a wooden Arsenal box containing 18 rounds and 18 CP-71 projectile charges.
Oryx's list of Bulgarian military support to Ukraine separately recorded OGi-7MA AP-FRAG rocket-propelled grenades among ammunition delivered to Ukraine, with an entry dated before August 2022. Taken together, the sources support Ukrainian possession and battlefield fielding of the round in the conflict, while the Bakhmut reporting provides the clearest location-specific documentation.
Sources: Defense Express Bakhmut OGi-7MA, Oryx Bulgaria Arms Ukraine
Timeline
Open-source delivery tracking places OGi-7MA AP-FRAG rocket-propelled grenades in the Ukrainian aid stream before August 2022. The source does not identify the recipient unit or firing location for that earlier entry, so it is best treated as transfer and delivery evidence rather than a specific combat-use incident.
On February 26, 2023, Defense Express reported the Bakhmut-direction appearance of the rounds. The timing put the documented batch during the Bakhmut battle, when Ukrainian troops were defending positions in and around the city against Russian assault forces.
Sources: Oryx Bulgaria Arms Ukraine, Defense Express Bakhmut OGi-7MA, U.S. Army Bakhmut Article
Battlefield role
The documented role was close-range fragmentation fire support. Arsenal describes the OGi-7MA as a 40 mm improved fragmentation anti-personnel round for ATGL-L-family and Russian RPG-7V launchers, intended for targets such as personnel and weapon positions in the open, trenches, field shelters, light armored vehicles, and urban or field fortifications.
That role fit the Bakhmut setting described by later military analysis: the battle lasted from August 2022 to May 2023 and became an infantry-heavy fight at very short distances, with grenades, automatic grenade launchers, drones, and close defensive positions shaping combat. The available OGi-7MA evidence does not identify a particular Ukrainian unit firing a particular round; it supports supplied and fielded ammunition in the Bakhmut direction.
Sources: Arsenal 40 mm OGi-7MA, Defense Express Bakhmut OGi-7MA, U.S. Army Bakhmut Article
