Historical background
Updated on Thurs 02/06/2011 - 17:02
Milkor COMPANY PRESENTATION |
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. Mr Piek still heads the development team today through his wealth of experience and passion to further drive the science and simplicity of the Milkor weapon systems, thus giving Milkor an unprecedented edge in the market with Mr Piek as lead designer and inventor.
Milkor (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned South African company internationally known for it’s 40mm Multiple Grenade Launcher which are used in more than 30 countries worldwide. Over the last 25 years , Milkor has supplied in excess of 50 000 weapons to law enforcement and military agencies around the world ranging lethal and less-lethal weapons. The Milkor products range both lethal and less-lethal systems. Milkor is ISO certified, subscribers to local and international codes of conduct for the distribution of weapons systems. Milkor prodes itself in having maintained a best-of-breed status for all the categories it has manufactured weapons systems in: thus forging a legacy that precedes the Milkor name.
Modern Weapon enthusiasts know the original Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher (MGL) by the name of the Armscor Ultimate Six Shots. This is a general misconception, for Armscor has never produced this weapon. They were merely the Marketing House for the Milkor Weapon. Today Milkor stands alone in the Marketing of its own weapon systems: however there is still a good relation between Armscor and Milkor.
Another misconception is that Rippel Effect is the original Milkor, this however is not true. This company was previously employed by Milkor to do their Marketing and has since embarked on their own ventures which include the development of their own 40mm weapons.