STK 40 AGL

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The ”’STK 40 AGL”’, formerly the ”’CIS 40 AGL”'{{efn|Using the Wayback machine [https://web.archive.org/web/20170111044609/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-automatic-grenade-launcher-%28cis-40-agl%29 on this CIS 40 AGL page] indicates that the CIS 40 AGL name was used until early 2017, when it changed to the STK 40 AGL name [https://web.archive.org/web/20170530075854/http://www.stengg.com:80/en/products-solutions/cis-40-agl as seen here].}} is a [[40 mm grenade|40 mm]] automatic [[grenade launcher]], developed in the late 1980s and produced by the [[Singapore]]an defence firm ”’Chartered Industries of Singapore”’.
The ”’STK 40 AGL”’, formerly the ”’CIS 40 AGL”'{{efn|Using the Wayback machine [https://web.archive.org/web/20170111044609/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-automatic-grenade-launcher-%28cis-40-agl%29 on this CIS 40 AGL page] indicates that the CIS 40 AGL name was used until early 2017, when it changed to the STK 40 AGL name [https://web.archive.org/web/20170530075854/http://www.stengg.com:80/en/products-solutions/cis-40-agl as seen here].}} is a [[40 mm grenade|40 mm]] automatic [[grenade launcher]], developed in the late 1980s and produced by the [[Singapore]]an defence firm ”’Chartered Industries of Singapore”’.
The launcher is employed primarily by the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] and the police and security forces of several other countries.<ref name=”woźniak”>Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej – tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp60.</ref>
==History==
==History==
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=== Redback Lightweight ===
=== Redback Lightweight ===
St Kinetics also collaborated with Australia’s [[Metal Storm Limited|Metal Storm]] and Electro Optics System to develop a new high-speed and recoilless 40&nbsp;mm grenade launcher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=40mm SPARCS Product Brochure |url=http://www.stengg.com/upload/612TJKUY7dK8cTL7V66.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319220628/http://www.stengg.com/upload/612TJKUY7dK8cTL7V66.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2006 |access-date=11 September 2007 |publisher=ST Engineering |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
St Kinetics also collaborated with Australia’s [[Metal Storm Limited|Metal Storm]] and Electro Optics System to develop a new high-speed and recoilless 40&nbsp;mm grenade launcher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=40mm SPARCS Product Brochure |url=http://www.stengg.com/upload/612TJKUY7dK8cTL7V66.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319220628/http://www.stengg.com/upload/612TJKUY7dK8cTL7V66.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2006 |access-date=11 September 2007 |publisher=ST Engineering |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
== Adoption ==
Prototype weapons weighed around 14&nbsp;kg and small quantities have been sold to a few countries, including Sweden, mostly for evaluation.
The launcher is employed primarily by the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] and the police and security forces of several other countries.<ref name=”woźniak”>Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej – tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp60.</ref>
==Users==
==Users==

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