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Milkor

South African arms company

Field	Value
name	Milkor (Pty) Ltd
logo	Milkor_Pty_Ltd_Logo.png
type	Proprietary company
industry	Arms industry Aerospace Drones
founded
founder	Andries C. Piek
hq_location_city	Hennopspark, Centurion, Gauteng
hq_location_country	South Africa
area_served	worldwide
products	Unmanned Systems , Grenade launchers, Firearms, Accessories
num_employees	450+
homepage	[milkor.com](http://milkor.com)

Armand Bodenstein (Director of Business Development) MC De Beer (CEO) Julian Coetzee (CEO)

Milkor (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned South African company established in 1980. The company is best known for the range of Milkor MGLs 40mm (multiple grenade launcher), used in more than 50 countries. Since 2017 Milkor has expanded their capabilities to include Land, Air and Sea and Cyber.

Milkor also has an array of 37/38mm and 40mm products catering to the less-lethal market, for infantry and for special forces applications.

Products

The company's weapon product line-up includes:

Milkor 380
Milkor 40mm UBGL grenade launcher
Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper Convertible
Milkor 37/38mm Pistol
Milkor 40mm MGL Mk 1S
Milkor 40mm MGL Mk 1L
Milkor 37/38mm MAR (Multiple Anti-Riot)
Milkor 40mm SuperSix MRGL
37/38 and 40mm Accessories

The company used to manufacture a submachine gun, the Milkor 9mm BXP.

Product copies

The US M32 multi-shot grenade launcher, which is in official use by US Marine Corps, is based on the original Milkor MGL-140 design, but with various minor modifications by Milkor USA, which is an entirely different business entity from the original Milkor (Pty) Ltd, based in South Africa. Other copies and clones of the original Milkor MGL weapon are manufactured in Bulgaria by Arsenal Inc as Arsenal MSGL, in Croatia by Madlerd Ltd. (previously IM Metallic d.o.o.) as RBG-6, and in South Africa by Rippel Effect (formerly Milkor Marketing).

References

"There is no substitute for the original". MILKOR.
"Milkor showcasing new products". DefenceWeb.
"Milkor (Pty) Ltd". www.worldsecurity-index.com.
"Company Profile". MILKOR.

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