Nambu Type 66
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The New Nambu M65/M66 is a submachine gun of post-WW2 Japanese origin manufactured by Shin-Chuō Industries (Formerly Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company
; now Minebea Co.). It is a blowback, open-bolt configured weapon chambered in the 9x19mm Parabellum round fed from a thirty-round magazine. The firearm was only tested and produced under trials for the considered replacement of the aging M3 submachine gun
that was supplied by the United States Military during the formation of the National Police Reserve after the war.
Kijiro Nambu
was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the founder of Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of many of the firearms the Japanese military would use in World War II. A prolific small arms designer, he was sometimes called the "John Browning of Japan"...
; now Minebea Co.). It is a blowback, open-bolt configured weapon chambered in the 9x19mm Parabellum round fed from a thirty-round magazine. The firearm was only tested and produced under trials for the considered replacement of the aging M3 submachine gun
M3 submachine gun
The M3 was an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted for U.S. Army service on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. The M3 was designed as a more cost-effective alternative to the Thompson, optimized for mass production...
that was supplied by the United States Military during the formation of the National Police Reserve after the war.