The RGL was conceived and produced by Zen Armaments in YE 37 to support their small yet powerful Launcher line of available weapons.

While power armor is able to pack an impressive amount of firepower, it has been noted that non power armored units lacked in similar munitions. The RGL was designed to allow a small non powered unit the ability to enhance it's fire base.

• Designer: Alec Duranto, Zen Armaments
• Manufacturer: Zen Armaments
• Name:  Revolving Grenade Launcher
• Nomenclature: Ze-GL-W3700
• Type: Chemical Projectile Propulsion
• Role: Squad support
• Length: 28.6 in (726.4 mm) stock extended / 20.2 in (513 mm) stock folded
• Mass: 11.68 lb (5.3 kg)

The RGL is similar in appearance to a Revolver though much larger. The main grip and trigger sits behind the large swing out six cylinder feed. A short barrel extends from the cylinder.

• Muzzle Flash: No discernable flash
• Retort: A slight whump as the grenade leaves the barrel.
• Effective Range  375 m
• Maximum Range: 400 m
• Rate of Fire: 3 rounds/sec (rapide fire) / 18-21 rounds/min (sustained)
• Recoil: Medium recoil when used with stock, heavy without

• Ammunition 40mm Nam Grenade Rounds
• Round Capacity: Six rounds stored in cylinder

• Firing Mechanism: Upon trigger press, a double action takes place and the firing pin is cocked and released to fire the grenade. Gas pressure on a piston unlocks the cylinder and allows the spring to rotate it until the next chamber is aligned with the firing pin.
• Loading: The RGL is loaded by releasing the cylinder axis pin and swinging the steel frame away from the cylinder. The rear of the cylinder (including the pistol grip) is unlatched and pivoted counter-clockwise to expose the chambers during reloading. By inserting the fingers into the empty chambers and rotating the aluminium cylinder it is then wound against its driving spring.
• Safety Mechanism: Safety switch is located just above pistol grip which can be operated from either side.
• Weapon Sight: Folding Iron sights
• Attachment Hard Points: 4 rails along the barrel; top, bottom and each side. Bottom rail is traditionally used for accompanying forward grip.

• RGL: 750 DA

• Folding Stock: 100 DA
• Barrel: 100 DA
• Spring driven cylinder: 30 DA
• Forward grip: 40 DA

• Relfex sight: 100 DA
• Collimater sight: 60 DA
• Rail attachable bipod: 20 DA

Whitehart created this article on 2015/07/30