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The ARWEN 37 is a less-lethal launcher [1] which fires a variety of 37mm less-lethal munitions which includes direct impact batons, chemical irritant delivery munitions and smoke delivery munitions. The ARWEN 37 has 5-round rotary drum magazine.
The ARWEN ACE is a breech-loaded less-lethal launcher which fires a variety of 37mm less-lethal munitions which includes direct impact batons, chemical irritant delivery munitions and smoke delivery munitions. "ARWEN" is an acronym for "anti riot weapon enfield". As of 2001, all ARWEN trademarks and patents are owned by Police Ordnance Company Inc.
Multishot large-bore launchers, such as the ARWEN 37, are usually in the form of a revolver holding five or six rounds in the cylinder. Unlike normal revolvers, the cylinder of a revolving riot gun is too massive to be turned easily by the trigger pull, and is usually turned by a pre-tensioned spring or by a pump action .
This is a list of small arms whose manufacturer starts with the letter R—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, anti-tank rifles, and any other variants.
Heavier multi-shot grenade launchers like the ARWEN 37 are used as tear gas and smoke projectors in riot control, while military launchers like the Milkor MGL are used to provide heavy sustained firepower to infantry; most such devices, dating back to the Manville machine-projector, use a revolver-style cylinder, though a handful of pump-action ...
L17A2 (UK - Underslung Grenade Launcher - 40×46mm Grenade) L123A2 UGL (UK - Underslung Grenade Launcher - 40×46mm Grenade) L48A1 (UK - Single-Shot Riot Gun - 37mm Grenade: ARWEN 37 Variant) L48A2 (UK - Single-Shot Riot Gun - 37mm Grenade) L67A1 (UK - Single-Shot Riot Gun - 37mm Grenade: Arwen 37 Variant) Machine Guns
ARWEN 37, a less than lethal riot launcher; ARWEN ACE, a less than lethal riot launcher; BK 3,7, a German World War II airborne anti-tank gun; Bofors 37 mm, a Swedish designed anti-tank gun; Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda), an Italian World War II naval anti-aircraft gun; Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925, a French World War II naval anti ...
ARWEN 37, (Anti Riot Weapon ENfield): a less lethal 37mm launcher with a rifled barrel to ensure accuracy, designed to be used in crowd control situations. SA80 (L85) assault rifle, from 1987. For weapons manufactured at Enfield before 1853, see British military rifles#Early Enfield rifles