Danuvia 43M submachine gun
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The Danuvia 39M/43M was a Hungarian submachine gun designed by Pál Király in the late 1930s and used during World War II.
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Danuvia 39M/43M | |
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Type | Submachine gun |
Place of origin | Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1939 to early 1950s |
Used by | Hungary Nazi Germany[1] |
Wars | World War II Hungarian Revolution of 1956[2] |
Production history | |
Designer | Pál Király |
Designed | 1930s |
Produced | 1939–1945 |
No. built | 39M: 13,332 43M: ~5,000 |
Variants | 39M (Fixed wooden stock) 39/A M (Folding wooden stock) 43M (Folding metal stock)[3] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 39M: 3.7 kg (8 lb 3 oz) without magazine 4.4 kg (9 lb 11 oz) with magazine 43M: 3.63 kg (8 lb 0 oz) without magazine 4.2 kg (9 lb 4 oz) with magazine |
Length | 39M: 1,048 mm (41.3 in) 43M: 956 mm (37.6 in) butt extended 749 mm (29.5 in) butt retracted |
Barrel length | 39M: 499 mm (19.6 in) 43M: 424 mm (16.7 in) |
Cartridge | 9×25mm Mauser Export |
Action | Lever-delayed blowback |
Rate of fire | 730–780 rpm cyclic |
Muzzle velocity | 39M: 450 m/s (1,500 ft/s) 43M: 442 m/s (1,450 ft/s) |
Feed system | 20 or 40 round detachable box magazine |
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