K-50

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K-50m
Type Submachine gun
Place of origin Flag of Vietnam Vietnam
Service history
Used by North Vietnam
Wars Vietnam War
Specifications
Weight 4.00 kg loaded
Length 756/571 mm
Barrel length 269 mm

Cartridge 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Action Blowback
Rate of fire 700 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 550 m/s
Feed system 35-round magazine

The K-50 is a development name of the unsuccessful competitor of Vympel R-33 AA missile.

The K-50m is a submachine gun developed by the North Vietnamese military and manufactured in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

[edit] Design details

The K-50m was a variant of the Soviet PPSh-41. Magazine-fed from a 35-round box magazine, the chief difference was that the cooling sleeve of the K-50 was truncated to three inches and a foresight based on that of the French MAT-49 was attached to the front of the barrel. The gun's skeleton stock was also identical to that of the MAT-49.

The K-50m was manufactured in the 7.62x25mm Tokarev cartridge.

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