MCEM 1 submachine gun
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The MCEM 1 was a 9 mm submachine gun
of Australia
n origin. Its magazine was placed in the pistol grip very much like a Uzi and had a front pistol grip at the very end of the barrel underneath the muzzle. A similar weapon with the magazine inserted underneath was in existence.
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...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n origin. Its magazine was placed in the pistol grip very much like a Uzi and had a front pistol grip at the very end of the barrel underneath the muzzle. A similar weapon with the magazine inserted underneath was in existence.
See also
- MCEM 2 submachine gunMCEM 2 Submachine gunMCEM-2 submachine gun was produced only in prototype form, but it is worth to mention by the simple fact that it is one of the very first submachine guns to combine wrap-around bolt and magazine in pistol grip - features, later copied in the Czechoslovak Sa vz. 23, Israeli Uzi and a great number...
- MCEM 3 submachine gunMCEM 3 Submachine gunThe MCEM 3 was a proposed collapsible 9mm submachine gun designed by the British in 1947. It had a detachable stock alongside the magazine and a Lee-Enfield type bayonet. However the MCEM 3 was not accepted and found no customers.-References:...