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CIS 40 GL | |
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Type | Grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Singapore |
Service history | |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | Chartered Industries of Singapore |
Designed | 1980s |
Manufacturer | ST Kinetics |
Specifications | |
Weight | 2.05 kg (4.52 lb) with stock |
Length | 655 mm (25.8 in) with stock |
Barrel length | 305 mm (12.0 in) |
Cartridge | 40x46mm grenade |
Action | Break-action, single action |
Muzzle velocity | 76 m/s (249 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | Sights graduated from 100 to 400 m |
Feed system | Breech-loaded, single-shot |
Sights | Folding leaf sight |
The CIS 40 GL is a 40 mm grenade launcher, developed in the late 1980s and produced by the Singaporean defense firm CIS - Chartered Industries of Singapore (currently ST Kinetics). The launcher is employed primarily by the Singapore Armed Forces and the police and security forces of several other countries. [1]
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