The ARWEN 37 is a less-lethal launcher which fires 37 mm less-lethal rounds (foam or wooden or tear gas payload) designed for riot control. It has a 5-round rotary drum magazine. "ARWEN" is an acronym for "Anti Riot Weapon ENfield".

It was designed in 1977 by the British Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) Enfield, then part of the Royal Ordnance Factories. It came out of a British Military request for a multi-shot riot control weapon. Three prototypes were designed and tested: one semi-automatic, one rotary-drum, and one pump-action. At the end of testing the rotary-drum model was put into production.

As of 2001, all ARWEN trademarks and patents are owned by Police Ordnance Company Inc. The weapon is manufactured under license in Canada.

Contents 1 References 2 See also 3 External links 4 Images

[edit] References

• Bishop, Chris & Drury, Ian(November 1987).Combat Guns.London: Book Sales, ISBN 1555211615

[edit] See also

• ARWEN ACE

[edit] External links

• Police Ordnance product description
• Arwen 37: info & image
• Arwen 37T Tactical: info & image
• Arwen 37S Shorty: info & image
• Types of ammunition that ARWEN ACE & ARWEN 37 can fire
• History of the ARWEN 37
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• http://www.policeordnance.com/

[edit] Images

• ARWEN 37
• Big image, without magazine
• With magazine

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