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| Company type | Proprietary company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arms industryAerospaceDrones |
| Founded | 1981; 44 years ago (1981) |
| Founder | Andries C. Piek |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people | Andries C. Piek (Chairman) MC De Beer (CEO) Julian Coetzee (CEO) |
| Products | Grenade launchers,Firearms, Accessories |
Number of employees | 150+ |
| Website | milkor.com |
Milkor (Pty) Ltd is a privately ownedSouth African company established in 1980. The company is best known for the range ofMilkor MGLs 40mm (multiple grenade launcher), used in more than 50 countries.[1] 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 theless-lethal market, for infantry and for special forces applications.
The company's weapon product line-up includes:
The company used to manufacture a submachine gun, theMilkor 9mm BXP.
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.[4] Other copies and clones of the original Milkor MGL weapon are manufactured in Bulgaria byArsenal 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 (formerlyMilkor Marketing).
