The STK 40 AGL is an automatic grenade launcher developed in Singapore in the late 1980s by Chartered Industries of Singapore, now part of ST Engineering, and it entered service in 1991. Firing 40x53mm grenades from a belt feed using blowback operation, it weighs about 33 kilograms, fires at a rate of 350 to 500 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 242 meters per second and a maximum range of about 2,200 meters, and can be mounted on a tripod or on vehicles such as the M113 armored personnel carrier and the Bionix infantry fighting vehicle. It fires a range of round types including high explosive, less than lethal, camera and self destruct rounds, and remains in use with the Singapore Armed Forces and security forces of several other countries. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Service Status Weapon ClassAutomatic grenade launcher 2 Introduced Year Weapon Class
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1. Wikidata: STK 40 AGL
Wikidata Q1058450, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
2. Wikipedia: STK 40 AGL
Infobox: service
1991-present
Infobox: cartridge
40x53mm grenade
Caliber attribute (stk-40-agl)
Firing 40x53mm grenades from a belt feed using blowback operation, it weighs about 33 kilograms, fires at a rate of 350 to 500 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 242 meters per second and a maximum range of about 2,200 meters, and can be mounted on a tripod or on vehicles such as the M113 armored personnel carrier and the Bionix infantry fighting vehicle.
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The STK 40 AGL, formerly the CIS 40 AGL is a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, developed in the late 1980s and produced by the Singaporean defence firm Chartered Industries of Singapore.
Operated By: Mexican Armed Forces, Users section
Mexico
In Group: Grenade Launchers, Infobox: type
Automatic grenade launcher
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Wikidata- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
Wikidata Q1058450 (P729 service entry): 1991
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1991.
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