Tag Archives: grenade launcher

Two New Publications: Ammunition in Syria & AGLs for the ADF

April 9, 2014 · by · in ADF, Ammunition & Ordnance, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons, Syria · Leave a comment

Whilst the bulk of my attention lately has gone into writing for (and running!) Armament Research Services (ARES) and our blog, The Hoplite, I have had two new pieces released elsewhere recently. First, for the Small Arms Survey, I wrote a report examining small-calibre ammunition documented in Syria. From the Survey press release:  The Working Paper Following […]

Milkor MGL Mk. 1 in the Central African Republic

December 18, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 1 Comment

A quick post to point out what appears to be a Milkor MGL Mk.1 grenade launcher, seen here in the hands of Séléka fighters near Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR). The Milkor MGL is a South African six-shot rotary grenade launcher, designed by Andries Piek of Milkor (Pty) Ltd. and introduced into service with […]

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 […]