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The Hyde-Inland M2 is a submachine gun contracted by the US Army in mid-1942, and production models manufactured beginning May 1943 as a possible substitute for the M3 submachine gun 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 400 at the most were manufactured and none were issued by any branches of the United States military.
[edit] Design
The M2 is a simple blowback operated design, although it was difficult to make. The receiver was built from a steel forging and a seamless tubular section, which took extra time and effort to machine and finish, causing the US Army to adopt the M3, instead. The bolt was shaped unusually, having a large diameter at the rear, and being slender in the front. Unlike the M3 it had a fixed wooden stock, and wooden furniture.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Hogg, Ian & Weeks, John. "Military Small Arms of the 20th Century". Krause Publications (2000). ISBN 0-87341-824-7
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