SB-40 LAG | |
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A LAG 40 of the Spanish Navy Marines. | |
Type | Automatic grenade launcher |
Place of origin | Spain |
Production history | |
Designer | Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara |
Designed | 1984 |
Manufacturer | Santa Bárbara Sistemas |
Specifications | |
Mass | 34 kg (75.0 lb) |
Length | 960 mm (37.8 in) |
Barrel length | 415 mm (16.3 in) |
Width | 200 mm (7.9 in) |
Height | 220 mm (8.7 in) |
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Cartridge | 40x53mmSR |
Action | Recoil operated, roller locked |
Rate of fire | 215 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 240 m/s (787 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | Sights adjustable from 100 to 1500 m |
Feed system | 24 or 32-round ammunition belt |
Sights | Leaf sight |
The SB-40 LAG is a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher developed and produced in Spain by the Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara (EN SB) company (currently a part of the European Land Systems Group of General Dynamics).
Users[]
- Colombia: The Colombian Navy uses the SB-40 LAG grenade launcher installed on a turret on the ARC Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera riverine patrol boat.[citation needed]
- Spain[citation needed]
See also[]
- Vektor Y3 AGL - automatic grenade launcher used by South Africa.
- Heckler & Koch GMG - A 40 mm automatic grenade launcher used by the German Army and other European armed forces.
- XM174 grenade launcher, similar weapon
- AGS-17, similar weapon, but smaller 30 mm calibre
- Milkor MGL, another South African 40 mm grenade launcher
- Mk 19 grenade launcher, similar weapon
- XM307 (ACSW) (crew-served 25 mm autocannon)
- XM25 CDTE (25 mm airburst personal weapon)
- Comparison of automatic grenade launchers
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