MAC-10
Military Armament Corporation M10 | |
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Type | Machine pistol Submachine gun |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1970–present |
Used by | See Users |
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Production history | |
Designer | Gordon Ingram |
Designed | 1964 |
Manufacturer | Military Armament Corporation |
Unit cost | $120 |
Produced | 1970–1973[2] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2.84 kg (6.3 lb) empty without a suppressor |
Length |
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Barrel length | 146 mm (5.7 in) |
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Cartridge |
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Action | Straight blowback[3] |
Rate of fire |
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Effective firing range |
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Maximum firing range | 100 meters (for .45 ACP) |
Feed system | |
Sights | Iron sights |
The
Military Armament Corporation never used the "MAC-10" nomenclature in its catalogues or sales literature, but "MAC-10" is frequently used by Title II dealers, gun writers, and collectors.[citation needed] For a decade, the semi-automatic pistol version of the weapon was forbidden in the U.S. under the assault weapons ban enacted by Congress in 1994.
Design
The MAC-10 is built predominantly from steel stampings. A notched cocking handle protrudes from the top of the
Noting the weapon's poor accuracy, in the 1970s, International Association of Police Chiefs weapons researcher David Steele described the MAC series as "fit only for combat in a phone booth".[8]
Suppressor
The primary reason for the original M10 finding recognition was its revolutionary sound suppressor designed by
Calibers and variants
While the original M10 was available chambered for either .45 ACP or 9mm, the M10 is part of a series of machine pistols, the others being the MAC-11/M-11A1, which is a scaled-down version of the M10 chambered in .380 ACP (9×17mm); and the M-11/9, which is a modified version of the M-11 with a longer receiver chambered in 9×19mm, later made by SWD (Sylvia and Wayne Daniel), Leinad and Vulcan Armament. Law enforcement bureaucracies such as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) consider MAC-11 variants such as the Leinad PM-11 to be part of the "MAC-10 class pistol".[10]
In the United States, machine guns are National Firearms Act items. As the Military Armament Corporation was in bankruptcy, a large number of incomplete sheet metal frame flats were given serial numbers and then bought by a new company, RPB Industries. Some of the previously completed guns, which were already stamped with MAC, were then stamped with RPB on the reverse side, making it a "double stamp" gun.[citation needed]
RPB Industries made many open-bolt semi-automatic and sub-machine guns before the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) seized roughly 200 open-bolt semi-autos during the drug wars of 1981. The BATFE insisted that all future semi-automatic firearms were to be manufactured with a closed-bolt design as the open-bolt semi-automatics were considered too easy to illegally convert to full automatic operation.[9]
Wayne Daniel, a former RPB machine operator, purchased much of their remaining inventory and formed SWD, designing a new weapon which was more balanced, available either fully or semi-automatic with his new BATFE-approved closed bolt design.[11]
There are several carbine versions of the M-11/9 and Cobray and SWD manufactured a smaller version chambered in .380 ACP as a semiautomatic pistol called the M-12.[12]
Today, while the civilian manufacture, sale and possession of post-1986 select-fire MAC-10 and variants is prohibited, it is still legal to sell templates, tooling and manuals to complete such conversions. These items are typically marketed as being "post-sample" materials for use by Federal Firearm Licensees for manufacturing/distributing select-fire variants of the MAC-10 to law enforcement, military and overseas customers.[13]
1994 assault weapons ban in the U.S.
The semi-automatic civilian pistol version of the MAC-10, which operates differently from its military counterpart, fell under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban. The ban – which expired in 2004 – enacted various requirements that defined an assault weapon. The MAC-10 was named directly in the ban, and it failed three of the requirements:
- A semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm,
- A manufactured weight of 50 ounces (1.4 kg) or more when the pistol is unloaded. The MAC-10 weighs 100.16 oz (2.84 kg),[14] and
- A threaded barrel to attach barrel extender, flash suppressor, handgrip, or suppressor
Additionally, the magazine capacity is 32 rounds. In response, Wayne Daniel redesigned the M-11 by eliminating the threaded barrel and creating a new magazine release that would only allow the firearm to accept a new 10-round magazine, as the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban mandated. The new firearm was called the PM11/9.[15]
Foreign copies and derivatives
BXP
The BXP is a 9 mm submachine gun developed in the mid-1980s by the South African company Mechem (currently a division of Denel, formerly under ARMSCOR) and brought into production in 1984. Due to international arms embargoes of Apartheid South Africa, the country was forced to design and manufacture their own weapons. The weapon was intended for use by security forces. The manufacturing rights have changed hands several times, passing from Mechem to Milkor Marketing and later to Truvelo Armoury, the current manufacturer (as of 2009[update]).[citation needed]
Cobra carbine
The Cobra carbine is a semi-automatic firearm of Rhodesian origin manufactured during the Rhodesian Bush War Era as a self-defense weapon for farmers and is chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum round. The layout of this weapon is somewhat based on the Uzi submachine gun.[16]
Patria submachine gun
The Pistola Ametralladora Patria is a close copy of the MAC-10 and features a cooling jacket/barrel extension much like the South African BXP. It was developed by Major Luis Ricardo Dávila, of the Argentine Air Force, and protected by national Patent n° 220494/5/6/7 on 20/08/1980. It uses 9mm rounds for easy transportation and can be operated in either hand.[17] A similar earlier Argentine weapon based on the MAC-10 was also designed in 1977 by manufacturer Domingo Matheu, the Pistola Ametralladora MPA.[17][18]
Enarm MSM
The Enarm MSM (Mini Sub Metralhadora or Mini Submachine Gun) was a submachine gun of Brazilian origin based on the Uzi and MAC-10 weapons, made by ENARM.[19] It was chambered in the 9×19mm Parabellum round and also came with a foregrip. Although the weapon performed well in trials, it was discontinued due to the company disbanding due to "internal disruptions".[19]
Section Five MAC-10
Section Five Firearms Ltd of Tunbridge Wells, Kent in the UK manufactured a MAC-10 variation in 9×19 Parabellum[20] in the 1970s. They only accept 9×19mm Uzi magazines and are equipped with a classic folding or a special fixed polymer stock.[citation needed]
Users
- Bolivia[21][22] 160 9mm MAC-10s Manufactured by RPB Industries for use by Bolivian Customs.
- Brazil: Used by GRUMEC[23]
- Chile[24]
- Colombia[25]
- Dominican Republic[24]
- Greece[21]
- Guatemala[21]
- Honduras[21]
- Iran: Used in small numbers by SAVAK agents[26]
- Israel[21]
- Jordan: Formerly used by police forces[27]
- Lebanon: Formerly used by police forces[28]
- Royal Malaysian Police, now on display at the Police Museum[29]
- Mexico: Used by police[30]
- Morocco: Used by GISGR, DGST and DGED[31]
- Poland[21]
- Portugal[21]
- Saudi Arabia[24]
- South Korea: Issued to special forces in the 1970s, later replaced by the Daewoo K1[32]
- Spain: Used by various police forces[33]
- Thailand: Formerly used by police forces[34]
- United Kingdom: Used by the SAS and 14 Intelligence Company on operations in Northern Ireland[24]
- Invasion of Grenada;[1] MAC-10s are located in the inventories of Delta Force[36] and the 492nd Special Operations Wing[37]
- Uruguay: Formerly used by general officer's bodyguards, later replaced by Mini-Uzi[38]
- Venezuela[21]
- Yugoslavia: One of the first buyers (along with Chile)[39]
Non-state users
- Lebanese Forces[40]
- Ulster Volunteer Force: Smuggled from Canada[41]
See also
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- ^ Las Pistolas Ametralladoras Fabricadas en Nuestro País¨, N°172, Enero 2004
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External links
- Operating Manual
- Ingram MAC-10/11 Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine on EnemyForces.com
- MAC M10 and M11 on Modern Firearms
- MAC-10 History Lesson
- Nazarian's Guns Recognition Guide Mac 10 Silenced (MPEG video)