Characteristics
Caliber | 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum |
Weight | 2,7 kg empty |
Length (stock closed/open) | n/a |
Barrel length | n/a |
Rate of fire | ~ 1000 rounds per minute |
Magazine capacity | 18 rounds |
Effective range | ~50-100 meters |
MCEM-2 (Machine Carbine Experimental Model 2) submachine gun was
produced only in prototype form, but it is worth to mention by the
simple fact that it is one of the very first submachine guns to combine
wrap-around bolt and magazine in pistol grip - features, later copied in
Czechoslovak SA23, Israeli Uzi
and a great number of other submachine guns. MCEM-2 was the second
prototype in a line of experimental submachine guns, designed in Britain
in 1944. It was envisioned as a possible replacement for the STEN
submachine gun then inservice. The MCEM-2 was developed by polish
immigrant, someone called Podsenkowski. It is believed that prototypes
of MCEM-2 were made before the endof WW2, and its derivatives MCEM-4 and
MCEM-6 were tested soon after the war.The latter modifications differed
mostly in adoption of the rate-reducing mechanism, incorporated into
trigger unit; the rate of fire therefore was decreased from 1000 to more
realistic 700 rounds per minute. Nevertheless,neither prototype was
found suitable for adoption, and several years later British army
adopted a more conventional submachine gun, the Sterling-Patchett.
MCEM-2is blowback-operated, selective fired weapon which fires from
open bolt. Thebolt is of "telescoped", or "wrap-around" type, with most
of its mass being in front of the breech face. The receiver is made from
steel tube, and pistol grip with trigger unit is attached below.
magazine is inserted into the pistol grip. safety and fire mode selector
are incorporated into one three-position switch, located in front of
the trigger on the left side of the trigger unit housing. The guns was
developed along with large semi-rigid holster, which can be attached to
the receiver of the gun to form the shoulder stock.
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