MAC-10
| MAC-10 | |
|---|---|
| File:Mac 10.jpg | |
| Type | Submachine gun |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2.84 kg |
| Length | 269 mm (548 mm with open stock) |
The MAC-10 (Military Armament Corporation Model 10) is a highly compact, recoil-operated selective fire submachine gun (specifically, a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. Its simple, low-cost design with few moving parts gives the MAC-10 a reputation for being extremely reliable and easily manufactured. However, the combination of its small size and a high cyclic rate of fire ( approximately 1100 rounds per minute) make it rather undesirable as a military weapon.
The MAC-10 and its variants by different name have gone through various changes over the years. For example, the weapons semi-automatic version originally fired from an open bolt, but was converted to fire from a closed bolt due to the US government's concern that such firearms were too easily converted to fully automatic weapons. The MAC-10 is often dubbed the "American Uzi", and is often mistakn for one.
MAC-type pistols were first manufactured by the Military Armament Corporation, and later by RPB Inc., Sarah/Wayne Daniel Inc., Cobray, and Jersey Arms. Cobray currently manufactures the required parts which are assembled into functional firearms by Leinad (Daniel spelled backwards). Leinad, because it assembles the MAC-10, is legally considered the manufacturer.
The MAC-10 is chambered for .45 ACP rounds. MAC-11 and MAC-12 types are respectively chambered for 9mm parabellum and .380 ACP rounds. In the United States, fully automatic MAC-10 machine pistols are NFA articles, and probably the cheapest automatic firearm available on the American market today. There are also a limited number of semi-automatic carbines based on the original MAC design. MAC-10 pistols may be easily converted to rifles and vice-versa by interchanging commonly available parts.
in fiction the MAC-10 is commonly depicted being fired one-handed however it would be nearly impossible to control if fired single-handedly
The weapon´s barrel is threaded for a silencer, originally made by Sionics.
Appearances
Films
- McQ (1974)
- Three Days of the Condor (1976)
- The Big Fix (1978)
- Moonraker (1979)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Nighthawks (1981)
- Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
- Scarface (1983)
- Code Of Silence (1985)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- Death Wish 3 (1986)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
- Extreme Prejudice (1987)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- True Lies (1994)
- Desperado (1995)
- The Rock (1996)
- Blade (1998)
- The Fast and The Furious (2001)
- Hannibal (2001)
- Blade II (2002)
Games
- Counter-Strike (1999)
- Max Payne (2001)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (2003)
- Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
- True Combat: Elite (a mod of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory)
- Heli Attack 2
- Heli Attack 3
- Conflict: Global Terror
See also
External links
- Ingram MAC - 10/11
- MAC M10 and M11 (USA)
- MAC-10 History Lesson
- MAC 10 Info and History: The Gun that Made The Eighties Roar!
- Nazarian`s Gun Recognition Guide