FB PM-63
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The PM-63 RAK (often incorrectly referred to as Ręczny Automat Komandosów—"commandos' hand-held automatic"; the name itself means cancer or crayfish in Polish) is a Polish 9×18mm submachine gun, designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc in cooperation with Tadeusz Bednarski, Grzegorz Czubak and Marian Wakalski.[1] The RAK combines the characteristics of a self-loading pistol and a fully automatic submachine gun.[2]
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PM-63 RAK | |
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Type | Submachine gun |
Place of origin | Polish People's Republic |
Service history | |
In service | 1965–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Sino-Vietnamese wars Israeli-Arab wars Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War |
Production history | |
Designer | Piotr Wilniewczyc |
Designed | 1950s |
Manufacturer | FB Radom |
Produced | 1967–1977 |
No. built | Approx. 80,000 |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1.6 kg (3.53 lb) |
Length | 583 mm (23.0 in) stock extended / 333 mm (13.1 in) stock collapsed |
Barrel length | 152 mm (6.0 in) |
Height | 145 mm (5.7 in) (short magazine) 213 mm (8.4 in) (long magazine) |
Cartridge | 9×18mm Makarov |
Action | Straight blowback |
Rate of fire | 650 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 320 m/s (1,050 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 75 and 150 m sight adjustment |
Feed system | 15 or 25-round box magazine |
Sights | Flip rear sight, front blade 153 mm (6.0 in) sight radius |
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