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The Halcon Light M 57 SMG was an Argentine sub-machine-gun first produced in 1957 and used by the Argentine police in .45 ACP calibre and by the Argentine Army in 9 mm Parabellum calibre, though neither service used the weapon in a first line role. The Halcon Light M 57 SMG was blowback operated and took a 40-round magazine. It had a 292 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and U notch flip rearsight. The Halcon Light M 57 SMG was selectable in single-shot and automatic modes, and had a cyclic rate of 700 rounds per minute and an effective range of 200 meters. The Halcon Light M 57 SMG differed mainly from the earlier Halcon M 1943 SMG in appearance. The barrel was without fins, the magazine longer and curved, the receiver was tubular and it had a folding metal buttstock.
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The Halcon Light M 60 SMG was an Argentine sub-machine-gun based on the Halcon Light M 57 SMG but with the fire selector replaced by a two trigger system - the front trigger giving single-shots and the rear trigger automatic fire.
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The Halcon M 1943 SMG was an Argentine sub-machine-gun first produced in 1943 and used by the Argentine police in .45 ACP calibre and by the Argentine Army in 9 mm Parabellum calibre, though neither service used the weapon in a first line role. The Halcon M 1943 SMG was blowback operated and took a 17 or 30-round magazine. It had a 292 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and U notch flip rearsight. The Halcon M 1943 SMG was selectable in single-shot and automatic modes, and had a cyclic rate of 700 rounds per minute and an effective range of 200 meters.
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The Halcon M 1946 SMG was an Argentine sub-machine-gun first produced in 1946 and used by the Argentine police in .45 ACP calibre and by the Argentine Army in 9 mm Parabellum calibre, though neither service used the weapon in a first line role. The Halcon M 1946 SMG was blowback operated and took a 17 or 30-round magazine. It had a 292 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and U notch flip rearsight. The Halcon M 1946 SMG was selectable in single-shot and automatic modes, and had a cyclic rate of 700 rounds per minute and an effective range of 200 meters. The Halcon M 1946 SMG differed mainly from the earlier Halcon M 1943 SMG in having a folding metal buttstock, separate rear pistol grip and the magazine housing not shaped to make a forward grip.
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The Heckler and Koch G11 is a German sub-machine-gun. It was designed to be the German Police standard weapon during the 1990s, but politics prevented that happening. It takes special caseless cartridges in 4.7 mm calibre from a 50-round magazine and has variable rates of fire, including three-round bursts which can deliver 2000 rounds per minute.
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The Heckler and Koch G41 is a German light machine-gun. It is an improved HK33, produced from 1983, specifically for the NATO standard 5.56 mm cartridge. It incorporates the low-noise bolt closing device first used on the PSG 1 sniping rifle. It uses the standard NATO magazine interface, accepting M16 and similar magazines and has NATO standard sight mounts for day or night optical sights. It comes in two models, one with a fixed and the other with a folding stock. The rate of fire is 850 rounds per minute.
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The Heckler and Koch HK11 is a German delayed blowback-operated light-machine-gun. The Heckler and Koch HK11 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge which it takes from a 20-round box or 50-round drum magazine or belt feed and fires with a cyclic rate of 850 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 780 meters per second. The Heckler and Koch HK11E development has a three-round burst fire capability.
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The Heckler and Koch HK11A1 is a German delayed blowback selective fire light machine-gun forming a magazine feed version of the Heckler and Koch HK21A1 light machine-gun. The HK21A1 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge and can be converted to 5.56 mm very easily, and takes a 30-round box magazine or the 20-round G3 rifle magazine. It has a cyclic rate of fire of 650 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second and an effective range of 1200 meters.
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The Heckler and Koch HK13 is a German delayed blowback selective fire light machine-gun designed to complement the HK33 rifle. It was one of the first 5.56 mm calibre machine-guns produced, entering production in 1972. It takes a 20-, 30- or 40 round box magazine, interchangeable with the HK33 rifle, and has a cyclic rate of fire of 750 rounds-per-minute. The Heckler and Koch HK13 has a muzzle velocity of 950 meters per second and an effective range of 400 meters. It has a 450 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and an adjustable V rearsight and has provision to fit a telescopic sight.
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The Heckler and Koch HK21 is a German delayed blowback automatic general purpose machine-gun produced since 1970, and designed to be used on a bipod or tripod and to accompany the G3 rifle. It is similar to the G3 rifle, but has a quick change heavy barrel and is belt-fed. The HK21 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge and can be converted to 5.56 mm very easily. It has a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second and an effective range of 1200 meters.
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The Heckler and Koch HK21A1 is a German delayed blowback selective fire light machine-gun developed from the Heckler and Koch HK21, and designed as a replacement for the HK21 to be a one-man light-machine gun to provide increased squad fire power without imposing an additional logistical burden upon the squad. The HK21A1 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge and can be converted to 5.56 mm very easily. It has a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second and an effective range of 1200 meters.
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The Heckler and Koch HK53 is a German delayed blowback operated sub-machine-gun chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge which it takes from a 40-round box magazine. The Heckler and Koch HK53 is selectable automatic or single-shot and has a cyclic rate of 700 rounds per minute automatic and a muzzle velocity of 750 meters per second, and is effective to 400 meters. The Heckler and Koch HK53 has a 225 mm long barrel and is fitted with a post foresight and an adjustable rearsight with apertures and a V. The Heckler and Koch HK53 is fitted with a plastic butt or a double-strut telescoping butt stock. A variation, the Heckler and Koch HK53 KL is also produced for use in AFVs. This variant has a detachable barrel and fires from an open breach to help dissipate heat from the barrel.
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The Heckler and Koch MP5 is a series of German delayed blowback, selective fire sub-machine-guns developed from the G3 rifle, introduced in 1965 and adopted in 1966 by the West German police and border police. The weapons are chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge and are fed by a 15- or 30-round box magazine and have a cyclic rate of 650 rounds-per-minute, or selectable single-shot, with a muzzle velocity of 400 meters-per-second. The range includes silenced models and various stock options; none, telescopic and fixed. The MP5 range of sub-machine-guns have a 225 mm long barrel, fixed post foresight and aperture rearsight, and may also be fitted with a telescopic sight, night sight, or the 1003 aiming projector. For training, a .22 Long Rifle calibre conversion unit can be fitted.
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The Heckler and Koch MP5 SD is the silenced version of the Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine-gun. The Heckler and Koch MP5 Sdis a delayed blowback operated weapon chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 10- 15 or 30-round box magazine and fires at a cyclic rate of 650 rounds per minute or single-shot, with a muzzle velocity of 285 meters per second to an effective range of 135 meters. Silencing is achieved by having a drilled barrel enclosed in a case.
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The Heckler and Koch MP5K is a series of especially short variants of the Heckler and Koch MP5 series of sub-machine-guns with no butt stock and a shorter 115 mm barrel. The Heckler and Koch MP5K range were developed for use by special police and anti-terrorist forces, being small enough to conceal under clothing.
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The HM-3 is a Mexican blowback operated selective fire sub-machine-gun chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 32-round box magazine and fires at a rate of 600 rounds-per-minute or singly as selected. The HM-3 has a 255 mm long barrel and was originally made with a fixed stock, later it was modified to a folding stock.
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The Hotchkiss M1909 was a French machine-gun produced from 1909 to 1918. It was used by he US army under the name 'Benet-Mercie Machine Rifle M1909' and by the British army as the 'Hotchkiss Mark 1'. The M1909 was chambered for the 8 mm Lebel cartridge which it took from a 30-round metal strip, and had a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute.
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The Hotchkiss M1914 was a French medium machine-gun produced from 1914 to 1930, and adopted as standard by the French army who used it until 1945. It was chambered for the 8 mm Lebel cartridge and was fed by a 30 round metal strip which could be joined to others to form a species of belt with each link holding three rounds. The M1914 had a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute.
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The Hotchkiss M1922 was a French light machine-gun produced from 1922 to 1939 under the names M1922, M1924 and M1926. It was produced in various calibres and took either a top-mounted magazine or a 25 or 30-round metal strip, and had a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute.
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The Hovea M49 is a Danish blowback operated sub-machine-gun designed at the Swedish Husqvarna arms factory but built in Denmark. The Hovea M49 is chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 36-round box magazine - it was originally designed to take a Finnish 50-round magazine, but this was changed. The Hovea M49 has a folding stock and a 215 mm long barrel. It has a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute and a blade foresight and V-notch flip rearsight marked at 100 and 200 meters.
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The Hyde-Inland M2 was an American submachine-gun produced from 1942 to 1943 for the US Army, however due to production problems the M3 was adopted instead. The M2 was chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge, took a 20or 30round capacity magazine and had a rate of fire of 525 rounds per minute.
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