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Firearms Review - The Swedish K - Carl Gustav M/45 Kulsprutepistol (and video)
 [Guns.com] From time to time, when governments send men (that officially don’t exist) to places they officially never went, said ghostmen are equipped with sanitized weapons, lacking any identifying marks and that can’t be traced back to their country of origin. In the 1960s, when US clandestine mission operators needed a reliable and deniable burp gun for classified missions in Southeast Asia, they reached for the K-Gun.Produced by Carl Gustav SG for the Swedish Army, in its day the M45 submachine gun was well received and considered the top of the line when it came to compact power. It was designed during World War 2, put into production in 1945 (thus the M45 designation) and labeled Kulsprutepistol. While Sweden was its primary user, several examples were acquired for use by the US government and while in American hands, this long and near-unpronounceable text simply became “the K gun.” Taking a cue from the STEN and M3 subguns of the WWII-era, the M45 was made primarily from metal stampings to make it as inexpensive and light as possible. Its 8.37-inch rifled barrel and folding rectangular buttstock gave it an overall length of 21.7-inches when collapsed. Its weight, at 7.37-pounds unloaded, is on par with the UZI. User video at this link. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-05 |
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