Mamba Pistol
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The Mamba is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Rhodesia and later produced in South Africa, intended for military and police duty. Named for the venomous snake indigenous to southern Africa, the Mamba was the first semi-automatic pistol to be manufactured wholly out of stainless steel components.[2]
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Mamba | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | Rhodesia |
Production history | |
Designer | Relay Products (Pty) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia |
Designed | 1976[1] |
Manufacturer | Viper Engineering (Pty) Ltd., a division of Sandock Austral; Boksburg, South Africa[1] |
Produced | 1977[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1190 g[2] |
Length | 218 mm |
Barrel length | 127 mm (barrel)[2] |
Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum 7.65×21mm Parabellum[3] |
Action | Recoil-operated, locked breech semi-automatic, double-action[2] |
Rate of fire | Semi-automatic |
Feed system | 15-round box magazine[4] 20, 25, 30, and 40-round box magazines (Planned, but never produced)[3] |
Sights | Iron |
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