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SB LAG 40
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).
| SB-40 LAG | |
|---|---|
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) |
| Cartridge | 40x53mmSR |
| Caliber | 40mm |
| 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 |
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
- ^ http://www.operacional.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/13-piranha-iiic-sb-40-copy.jpg[bare URL image file]
- ^ Debay, Yves (2004). VBL Panhard (in French). Histoire et collections. p. 102. ISBN 9782913903166.
