| New Nambu M65/M66 | |
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| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | Japan Self-Defense Forces (Testing and Trials Only) |
| Used by | Japan Self-Defense Forces |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Shin-Chuō Industries (Now Minebea Co.) |
| Designed | 1965 |
| Manufacturer | Shin-Chuō Industries |
| Number built | Prototypes Only |
| Variants | M65, M66 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 4.08kg (M65) 3.96kg (M66) |
| Length | M65: 763mm (Stock Folded: 501mm) M66: 756mm (Stock Folded: 504mm) |
| Barrel length | 154mm (M65) 140mm (M66) |
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| Cartridge | 9x19mm Parabellum |
| Caliber | 9mm |
| Action | Blowback, Open-Bolt |
| Rate of fire | 550 RPM (M65) 465 RPM (M66) |
| Feed system | 30-Round Detachable Box Magazine |
| Sights | Iron Sight |
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.[1]