CETME
Overview
Small arms
Small arms is a term of art used by armed forces to denote infantry weapons an individual soldier may carry. The description is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, battle rifles, multiple barrel firearms, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light...
research and development. The CETME rifle is its most famous project and the CETME name is most often used to refer to this rifle.
CETME also designed the CETME C2 a 9mm advanced Sterling-like submachine gun
Submachine gun
A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
, and the CETME Ameli
CETME Ameli
The Ameli is a 5.56mm light machine gun designed for the Spanish Army by the nationally owned and operated Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales small arms research institute .Development of the weapon began in 1974...
(AMEtralladora LIgera) a light machine gun in 5.56x45mm NATO.
The CETME rifle was designed primarily by the German engineer Ludwig Vorgrimler
Ludwig Vorgrimler
Dr. Ludwig Vorgrimler is the man most commonly associated with the design of the Spanish CETME rifle, and its prolific roller-delayed offspring from the German gunmaker Heckler & Koch such as the G3 and MP5.- Early career :Vorgrimler worked as an engineer for several arms manufacturers over his...
, who based his design on the experimental German StG 45(M) and the French-made AME 49
AME 49
The CEAM Modèle 1950 was a prototype submachine gun chambered in the .30 carbine round. It was developed by Centre d'Etudes et d'Armement de Mulhouse of France during the late 1940s/early 1950s. It was chambered in other various calibres, but due to the Indochina war and France being the second...
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