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Historical Background
Updated on Thurs 06/01/2010 - 09:23
The Milkor success story had humble beginnings through the founder, Mr Andries C Piek. Having had friends and family at war, Mr Piek, young aspiring gunsmith felt heart pressed to serve his country through his work. Mr Piek had all the appropriate talents and knowhow to develop and create revolutionary weapon systems – and after having had the idea for a multiple grenade launcher he built Milkor’s first prototype Multiple Grenade Launcher in his backyard workshop in 1980.
The original 12-shot prototype went on to be developed into the Y2 six shot Multiple Grenade Launcher and was soon adapted by the South African National Defence Force. Since then, more than 30 000 of Milkor’s Multiple Grenade Launcher systems are used in more than 30 countries worldwide. Milkor’s speed of the development and effectiveness of the weapon led Milkor to be nominated for a prestigious Krygkor (Armscor) Award.