Tag Archives: ML40AUS

Thales selects Steyr SL40 grenade launcher for EF88

January 21, 2014 · by · in ADF, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 2 Comments

Thales Australia have announced today that they have selected the Steyr SL40 grenade launcher to be paired with their EF88 assault rifle, which is being offered to the Australian Defence Forces under Defence’s LAND 125 Phase 3C program. The EF88 was originally offered with the Madritsch Weapon Technology ML40AUS grenade launcher, however a source close to […]

Update II: EF88/F90 assault rifle and grenade launcher(s)

August 10, 2013 · by · in ADF, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 4 Comments

For those who have not been following my articles on the Thales Australia EF88 rifle, you can start here. There is also some additional video of the EF88 and ML40AUS being fired, as well as some high-speed footage of the ML40AUS being fired. In the latest image of the EF88 above, note that the bolt catch release, as […]

EF88: Australia’s Next-Generation Assault Rifle

January 12, 2013 · by · in ADF, Ammunition & Ordnance, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 23 Comments

This piece is adapted from an article appearing in Volume 5, Number 1 of the Small Arms Defence Journal. In September 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Lithgow (New South Wales, Australia) at the invitation of Thales Australia in order to conduct a Test and Evaluation (T&E) of their Enhanced F88 Assault Rifle. This […]

Update: EF88 assault rifle and ML40AUS grenade launcher

November 7, 2012 · by · in ADF, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 6 Comments

Many of you following the blog will know I’ve been keeping close tabs on the Thales Australia EF88 assault rifle, being developed under the Land 125 Phase 3C program. I have written a review of the rifle which can be found in Issue 4 of On Duty Magazine, out this month. The rifle can be […]

EF88 Video: test firing the EF88 and ML40AUS

October 26, 2012 · by · in ADF, Small Arms & Light Weapons, Travel · 5 Comments

A few more videos from my recent trip to Thales Australia in Lithgow, New South Wales. In these videos, Rob Maylor is test firing the EF88 out to 600m, and the Madritsch ML40AUS at 150m. In the first video, Rob is using the 20″ barrel EF88 (equivalent to the F90M, or Marksman variant) with a […]

ML40AUS grenade launcher high-speed video

October 3, 2012 · by · in ADF, Ammunition & Ordnance, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 6 Comments

I’ve got two articles on the Thales Australia EF88 and the new Madritsch ML40AUS grenade launcher assembly (GLA) in the works. The first will appear in the next edition of On Duty Magazine (which is free for AUS military personnel, LEOs, paramedics, and other front line professionals) and a second, slightly more technically-focused piece, will appear in an […]