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
Brazil: Used by Brazilian Marine Corps (Mounted on Piranha IIIC).[1]
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]
Philippines: Used by the Philippine National Police Special Action Force either on tripod or mounted on light utility vehicles, and by Philippine National Police Maritime Group mounted on patrol crafts
Portugal: used on M-11D scout cars (Panhard VBLs)[2]
Spain: used by the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra de España), Spanish Navy Marines and Guardia Civil Española.
See also
- Denel 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
References
- ^ "Operacional". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2010-06-07.
- ^ Debay, Yves (2004). VBL Panhard (in French). Histoire et collections. p. 102. ISBN 9782913903166.
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