milkor MGL Mk 1 40 mm grenade launcher - South Africa.
| June 21st, 2009milkor MGL Mk one forty mm grenade launcher - South Africa
The Milkor MGL 6-shot 40mm grenade launcher is the world’s first heavily produced multi-shot 40mm hand held weapon. Developed by the South-African company Milkor, it entered production in 1983, and served with South-African Countrywide Defense Forces for over 20 years. Since the 1996, an enhanced version of the basic design entered the production, it has been chosen MGL Mk.1. The Milkor MGL is also employed by more that 20 other nations around the world. Milkor MGL offers major firepower increase, compared to US-made M79 single shot 40mm launcher. The rapid-fire capacity ( 6 shots in less that three seconds) is important in ambush eventualities and in quick-pacing street warfare. The Milkor Mk.1 is now offered for export, and an almost exact copy of Mk1, is manufactured in Croatia by the RH Alan company as RGB-6. The most recent modifications of the Mk.1 launcher, which are manufactured in South Africa and offered in USA under license by Milkor are the Milkor Mk.1S and Milkor MK-140. These 2 launchers differ from original Mk.1 by having stronger, chrome steel frame ( vs the original aluminum frame ), as well as by having 4 Picatinny-type accessory rails round the barrel. The variation between Mk.1S and Mk-140 is the length of the cylinder - while Mk.1S retains the original cylinder, the Mk-140 has a longer cylinder, which can accommodate a wider variety of the less-lethal 40mm ammunition, which typically has longer warheads. Both types also do fire all standard 40×46mm ‘lethal’ ammunition, including HE, HE-FRAG, HEDP and others.
The Milkor Mk.1 is a revolver type, hand-held grenade launcher. The six-shot cylinder is rotated by the clockwork-type spring for each shot. Spring is wound manually in the reloading. For reloading, the back part of the frame (along with the pistol grip) is unlocked and then rotated sideways round the top strut of the frame, till the chambers in the cylinder are exposed for reloading. Once cylinder is reloaded, the rear part of the frame is rotated back and locked into position. The double-action firing mechanism has a manual safety above the pistol grip. All Mk.1 launchers are fitted with the red-dot type sight, with range scale. Modern versions, M.1S and Mk.1L, also be fitted with other types of sighting hardware, using Picatinny rail on the apex of the barrel. The top folding shoulder stock has a special rubber recoil pad.
I don’t recall ever seeing these videos of the Milkor MGL grenade launcher on Youtube before, so I’ve spliced them together and uploaded them. The MGL is a repeating 40mm grenade launcher that uses a revolver-style mag. It can fire any NATO low-velocity 40mm grenade, and has a 6-round capacity. It’s rate of fire is roughly the equivalent of 60rpm, when fast firing. The MGL has been exported and/or built under license in at least thirty nations, including the United States of America, who … Great MGL systems from M-32