The SIG GL 5040/5140 is a 40 mm

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, which can be mounted under all SIG SG 550/551 assault rifle models and is operated in single-shot mode.Swiss Arms AG company website
/ref> For compact SG 552/553, the smaller GL 5340 grenade launcher can be used.

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in-service designation for the GL 5040 is 40 mm ''Gewehraufsatz'' 97. *: Used by

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{{commons category, Swiss Arms GL 5040
40 mm Grenade Launcher GL 5040 and GL 5140 at Swiss Arms company website
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20081218092252/http://swissarms2.ath.cx/fileadmin/editor/downloads/infomaterial/SAN_LE_Katalog_E.pdf Swiss Arms Law Enforcement and Defense Products Catalog 40×46mm grenade launchers Weapons of Switzerland SIG Sauer firearms