The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

C1

The C1 was a Canadian blowback operated, selective fire sub-machine-gun produced from 1958 as a modification of the British L2A1 sub-machine-gun. The C1 was chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it took from a 30-round box magazine. It had a cyclic rate of 550 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 366 meters per second. The C1 had a folding stock, 198 mm long barrel and blade foresight and a flip aperture rearsight set at 100 and 200 yards.
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