STK 40 GL
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|name= STK 40 GL
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|origin= Singapore
|type= Grenade launcher
|is_ranged= yes
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|is_explosive= yes
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|used_by= See Users
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|designer= Chartered Industries of Singapore
|design_date= 1980s
|manufacturer= ST Kinetics
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|weight= {{convert|2.05|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}} with stock
|length= {{convert|655|mm|in|abbr=on}} with stock
|part_length= {{convert|305|mm|abbr=on|1}}
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|cartridge= 40x46mm grenade
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|action= Break-action, single action
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|velocity= {{convert|76|m/s|0|abbr=on}}
|range= Sights graduated from 100 to 400 m
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|feed= Breech-loaded, single-shot
|sights= Folding leaf sight
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The STK 40 GL, formerly the CIS 40 GL{{efn|Using the Wayback machine [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013091615/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-grenade-launcher-%28cis-40-gl%29 on this CIS 40 GL page] indicates that the CIS 40 AGL name was used until 2016, when it changed to the STK 40 AGL name [https://web.archive.org/web/20170705011629/http://stengg.com/en/products-solutions/cis-40-gl as seen here].}} 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.Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp60.
Design
According to ST Kinetics Senior Engineer Felix Tsai, the STK 40 GL can be configured to be used with a buttstock or attached underneath assault rifles like the SAR 21, the M16 rifle and HK series.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1876 |title=ST Kinetics: Singapore on the Move |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114658/https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1876 |archive-date=2018-08-12 |url-status=dead }}
Users
- {{flag|Czech Republic}}: 601st Special Forces Group uses it on Samopal vz. 58s.{{cn|date=September 2022|reason=unreliable and/or copyvio source removed}}
- {{flag|Italy}}: Made under license by Luigi Franchi S.p.A. as the Franchi GLF-40.[http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2400/2443.htm BERETTA AR70/90-GL.] Retrieved on September 19, 2008.
- {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}: Used by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary.{{cite book|last=Capie|first=David|title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific|date=2004|pages=65|publisher=Victoria University Press|location=Wellington|isbn=978-0864734532 }}
- {{flag|Poland}}{{cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/S-Trade-Update/SAS-Trade-Update-2019.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.smallarmssurvey.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211191444/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/S-Trade-Update/SAS-Trade-Update-2019.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}
- {{flag|Peru}}: Used during Cenepa war 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/algunas-armas-utilizadas-en-la-guerra-del-cenepa-1995/|title=Algunas armas utilizadas en la guerra del Cenepa (1995)|date=October 3, 2012}}
=Non-state actors=
- Secretly acquired by Tamil Tigers.{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2018|title=Chinese Arms in LTTE Hands – Sri Lanka Guardian|url=https://www.slguardian.org/chinese-arms-in-ltte-hands/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812083234/https://www.slguardian.org/chinese-arms-in-ltte-hands/|archive-date=12 August 2018|website=}}
Notes
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| last = Wozniak| first = Ryszard| year = 2001| chapter = p. 60| title = Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł| publisher = Bellona| location = Warsaw, Poland| isbn = 83-11-09310-5|language=pl}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150201051258/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-grenade-launcher-(cis-40-gl) Official Site]
{{Singapore-designed weapons}}