"The new 9mm submachine gun of US Army" Topic
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Tango01  | 18 Apr 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
"In April 2019, the APC9K from Swiss firearms manufacturer Brugger & Thomet (B&T) was selected by the U.S. Army as the new 9mm standard submachine gun. According to U.S. military sources the delivery of the first batch of 350 weapons will take place this year, with additional options to buy up to 1,000 of the guns in total…"
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| Stoppage | 18 Apr 2020 12:51 p.m. PST |
Swiss stuff looks so cool. |
| Thresher01 | 18 Apr 2020 3:06 p.m. PST |
It certainly is very short, and the magazine receiver looks overly large, unless they come up with some sort of double, or quad-stacked magazine to fit in it. |
| StarCruiser | 19 Apr 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
It's designed to handle several different calibers of ammo (different versions for 9mm, 10mm .45 ACP etc…). |
| Tango01 | 19 Apr 2020 3:41 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| jdginaz | 19 Apr 2020 9:08 p.m. PST |
Looks more like a automatic pistol |
| Thresher01 | 20 Apr 2020 6:13 p.m. PST |
Yea, and the stock just seems to be a bit of overkill, especially for such a short sighting and barrel length. Might be more useful, and certainly far easier to conceal if the ditched that. |
| chironex | 21 Apr 2020 11:57 p.m. PST |
It's folding. Collapsible stocks are more common among SMGs, but it seems folding is more fashionable these days, no matter what is rendered inaccessible when folded. |
| BigNickR | 22 Apr 2020 12:43 p.m. PST |
those look like glock magazines |
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locates some hard-to-find military toys at the dollar store.