Milkor Marketing
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Milkor Marketing, renamed in 2007 as Rippel Effect Weapon Systems, is a firearm
company known for formerly marketing the Milkor MGL
grenade launcher
and the Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun
. Rippel Effect Weapon Systems is based in Pretoria, South Africa, not to be confused with Milkor (Pty) Ltd
also based in Pretoria, South Africa which is still the original designer and manufacturer of the Milkor 40mm MGL
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Firearm
A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
company known for formerly marketing the Milkor MGL
Milkor MGL
The MGL is a lightweight 40 mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to the South African Defence Force in 1981. The operating principle was immediately accepted and subjected to a stringent...
grenade launcher
Grenade launcher
A grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
and the Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun
Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun
The Milkor Stopper is a riot gun used for riot control, designed to fire a 37mm cartridge, which can be a teargas canister or a rubber shot cartridge or explosive. It fires one shot before reloading. It opens at the breech like ordinary shotguns ....
. Rippel Effect Weapon Systems is based in Pretoria, South Africa, not to be confused with Milkor (Pty) Ltd
Milkor (Pty) Ltd
Milkor Ltd is a privately owned South African company established in 1981. Milkor is very widely known for its 40mm range of MGLs , used in more than 30 countries world-wide....
also based in Pretoria, South Africa which is still the original designer and manufacturer of the Milkor 40mm MGL
Milkor MGL
The MGL is a lightweight 40 mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to the South African Defence Force in 1981. The operating principle was immediately accepted and subjected to a stringent...
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