CIS 40 AGL | |
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Type | Automatic grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Singapore |
Service history | |
In service | 1991-present |
Used by | See users |
Wars | Anti-guerrilla operations in the Philippines |
Production history | |
Designer | Chartered Industries of Singapore |
Designed | 1986-1989 |
Manufacturer |
Chartered Industries of Singapore (now ST Kinetics) |
Produced | 1991-present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 33 kg (72.75 lb) |
Length | 966 mm (38.0 in) with stock |
Barrel length | 350 mm (13.8 in) |
Width | 376 mm (14.8 in) |
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Cartridge | 40x53mm grenade |
Action | Blowback operation |
Rate of fire | 350-500 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 242 m/s (794 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 2,200 m (7,217.8 ft) |
Feed system | Linked belt |
Sights | Folding leaf sight |
The CIS 40 AGL is a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, developed in the late 1980s and produced by the Singaporean defence firm − Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, now ST Kinetics). The launcher is employed primarily by the Singapore Armed Forces and the police and security forces of several other countries.[1]
Users[]
- Indonesia: Made under license by PT Pindad for the Indonesian military as Pindad SPG-3 in 1994.[2]
- Georgia: Used on Nurol Ejder and Otokar Cobra AFVs [3]
- Mexico: Mexican Naval Infantry
- Morocco
- Peru
- Philippines: Philippine Marine Corps[4]
- Singapore: Singapore Armed Forces
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Uruguay
See also[]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp60.
- ↑ "Un repaso a las armas ligeras de Pindad" (in Spanish). ARMAS. http://www.revistaarmas.com/1580/un-repaso-a-las-armas-ligeras-de-pindad.html. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ↑ http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en
- ↑ Opus. "Unofficial Philippine Marine Corps Page". http://timawa.net/pmc.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- Bibliography
- Andrew, C Tillman (December 1989). "IDR test report: Singapore's automatic grenade launcher ...and then there were seven". Jane's Information Group. pp. 1681–1683.
- (Polish) Wozniak, Ryszard (2001). Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł. Warsaw, Poland: Bellona. pp. 58–59. ISBN 83-11-09310-5.
External links[]
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