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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 […]