M2 Hyde

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M2 Hyde
Hyde-Inland M2
Type	Submachine Gun
Place of origin	United States
Service history
Wars	World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	Marlin Firearms
Produced	1942-1943
Specifications
Length	815 mm
Barrel length	303 mm

Caliber	.45 ACP
Rate of fire	525 rounds per minute
Feed system	Thompson submachine gun box magazine

The Hyde-Inland M2 is a submachine-gun produced for the US Army from 1942 to 1943 as substitute standard by Marlin Firearms. The M2 is chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge and it has 20 or 30 round magazine and its rate of fire is 525 rounds per minute. Only ~ 500 M2s were manufactured and they were never issued by any branches of the United States military.

[edit] External links

Springfield Armory Collection: M2 submachine gun
http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/web/obsolete.htm
Research Results For 'Hyde-Inland M2'. Probert Encyclopedia. Retrieved on September 7, 2005.
The Great Arsenal of Democracy

[edit] See also

United States infantry weapons of World War II and Korea
Side arms
Colt M1911/A1 \| M1917 revolver \| Smith & Wesson "Victory" revolver
Rifles & carbines
Springfield M1903 \| M1 Garand \| M1 Carbine \| M1941 Johnson \| Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
Submachine guns
Thompson ("Tommy Gun") M1928/M1/A1 \| M3 "Grease Gun" \| Reising M50/M55 \| United Defense M42
Machine guns & other larger weapons
Browning M1917 \| Browning M1919 \| Johnson LMG \| Browning M2 HMG \| Bazooka \| M2 flamethrower
Cartridges used during World War II and the Korean War
.45 ACP \| .38 Special \| .30-06 Springfield \| .30 Carbine \| 9 mm Luger \| .50 BMG