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{{Infobox weapon
|name= STK 40 GL
|image=
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|origin= [[Singapore]]
|type= [[Grenade launcher]]
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|is_ranged= yes
|is_bladed=
|is_explosive= yes
|is_artillery=
|is_vehicle=
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|service=
|used_by= See ''[[STK 40 GL#Users|Users]]''
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|designer= [[ST Kinetics|Chartered Industries of Singapore]]
|design_date= 1980s
|manufacturer= [[ST Kinetics]]
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|variants=
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|weight= {{convert|2.05|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}} with stock
|length= {{convert|655|mm|in|abbr=on}} with stock
|part_length= {{convert|305|mm|abbr=on|1}}
|width=
|height=
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|cartridge= [[40 mm grenade|40x46mm grenade]]
|caliber= 
|action= Break-action, [[single action]]
|rate=
|velocity= {{convert|76|m/s|0|abbr=on}}
|range= Sights graduated from 100 to 400 m
|max_range=
|feed= Breech-loaded, single-shot
|sights= Folding leaf sight
}}

The '''STK 40 GL''', formerly the '''CIS 40 GL'''{{efn|Using the Wayback machine [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013091615/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-grenade-launcher-%28cis-40-gl%29 on this CIS 40 GL page] indicates that the CIS 40 AGL name was used until 2016, when it changed to the STK 40 AGL name [https://web.archive.org/web/20170705011629/http://stengg.com/en/products-solutions/cis-40-gl as seen here].}} is a [[40 mm]] grenade launcher, developed in the late 1980s and produced by the [[Singapore]]an defense firm CIS - '''Chartered Industries of Singapore''' (currently [[ST Kinetics]]). The launcher is employed primarily by the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] and the police and security forces of several other countries.<ref name="woźniak">Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp60.</ref>

==Design==
According to ST Kinetics Senior Engineer Felix Tsai, the STK 40 GL can be configured to be used with a buttstock or attached underneath assault rifles like the [[SAR 21]], the [[M16 rifle]] and [[Heckler & Koch|HK]] series.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1876 |title=ST Kinetics: Singapore on the Move |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114658/https://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1876 |archive-date=2018-08-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Users==
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* {{flag|Czech Republic}}: 601st Special Forces Group uses it on [[Vz. 58|Samopal vz. 58s]].{{cn|date=September 2022|reason=unreliable and/or copyvio source removed}}
* {{flag|Italy}}: Made under license by [[Luigi Franchi S.p.A.]] as the Franchi GLF-40.<ref>[http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2400/2443.htm BERETTA AR70/90-GL.] Retrieved on September 19, 2008.</ref>
* {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}: Used by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary.<ref name=Capie2>{{cite book|last=Capie|first=David|title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific|date=2004|pages=65|publisher=Victoria University Press|location=Wellington|isbn=978-0864734532 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Poland}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/S-Trade-Update/SAS-Trade-Update-2019.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.smallarmssurvey.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211191444/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/S-Trade-Update/SAS-Trade-Update-2019.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Peru}}: Used during Cenepa war 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/algunas-armas-utilizadas-en-la-guerra-del-cenepa-1995/|title=Algunas armas utilizadas en la guerra del Cenepa (1995)|date=October 3, 2012}}</ref>

===Non-state actors===
* Secretly acquired by [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2018|title=Chinese Arms in LTTE Hands – Sri Lanka Guardian|url=https://www.slguardian.org/chinese-arms-in-ltte-hands/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812083234/https://www.slguardian.org/chinese-arms-in-ltte-hands/|archive-date=12 August 2018|website=}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| last = Wozniak| first = Ryszard| year = 2001| chapter = p. 60| title = Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł| publisher = Bellona| location = Warsaw, Poland| isbn = 83-11-09310-5|language=pl}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150201051258/http://www.stengg.com/products-solutions/products/cis-40mm-grenade-launcher-(cis-40-gl) Official Site]

{{Singapore-designed weapons}}

[[Category:40×46mm grenade launchers]]
[[Category:Grenade launchers of Singapore]]