Milkor (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
n company established in 1980. The company is best known for the range of
Milkor MGL
The Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is a lightweight 40 mm six-shot revolver-type grenade launcher (variations also fire 37/38mm) developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor (Pty) Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to the ...
s 40mm (multiple grenade launcher), used in more than 50 countries. Since 2017 Milkor has expanded their capabilities to include Land, Air and Sea.
Milkor also has an array of 37/38mm and 40mm products catering to the less-lethal market, for infantry and for special forces applications.
Products
The company's weapon product line-up includes:
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Milkor 40mm UBGL grenade launcher
The Milkor 40mm UBGL grenade launcher is a lightweight single-shot, underslung grenade launcher designed and developed in South Africa by Milkor (Pty) Ltd. It can be attached to most modern assault weapons and rifles using a Picatinny rail syst ...
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Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper Convertible
* Milkor 37/38mm Pistol
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Milkor 40mm MGL Mk 1S
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Milkor 40mm MGL Mk 1L
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Milkor 37/38mm MAR (Multiple Anti-Riot)
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Milkor 40mm SuperSix MRGL
* 37/38 and 40mm Accessories
The company used to manufacture a submachine gun, the
Milkor 9mm BXP.
Product copies
The US M32 multi-shot grenade launcher, which is in official use by US Marine Corps, is based on the original Milkor MGL-140 design, but with various minor modifications by Milkor USA, which is an entirely different business entity from the original Milkor (Pty) Ltd, based in South Africa.
Other copies and clones of the original Milkor MGL weapon are manufactured in Bulgaria by
Arsenal Inc as Arsenal MSGL, in Croatia by Madlerd Ltd. (previously IM Metallic d.o.o.) as RBG-6,
and in South Africa by Rippel Effect (formerly
Milkor Marketing
Milkor Marketing was a previous Milkor (Pty) Ltd employees established in the 1990s as an individual marketing company, which is known for marketing the Milkor MGL grenade launcher and was renamed as Rippel Effect Weapon Systems in 2007. The decis ...
).
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://milkor.com
Manufacturing companies based in the City of Tshwane
Defence companies of South Africa