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The PA3-DM is an Argentinean sub-machine-gun. The PA3-DM is a blowback operated, selective fire weapon chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 25-round box magazine. The PA3-DM is produced in a fixed butt and a sliding butt version, and has an effective range of 200 meters, a muzzle velocity of 400 meters per second and a cyclic rate of 650 rounds per minute. The PA3-DM has a pillar foresight and a flip aperture rearsight.
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The PAM 1 was an Argentine sub-machine-gun based upon the American M3A1 sub-machine-gun. The PAM 1 was a blowback operated weapon chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it took from a 30-round box magazine and fired at a fixed fully automatic cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute to an effective range of 200 meters with a muzzle velocity of 366 meters per second. The PAM 1 had a 200 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and U notch flip rearsight. The PAM 1 had a sliding metal buttstock. A selective fire model, the PAM 2 was also produced.
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The Parabellum MG17 was a German machine-gun produced by Deutsche Waffen and Munitionswerke from 1916 to 1918, based on the Maxim but lighter for use on aircraft and as an infantry weapon. The Parabellum MG17 was chambered for the 7.92 mm Mauser cartridge which it took from a 250-round cloth belt and fired at a rate of 700 rounds per minute. The original gun was produced for use as an observer's gun in aircraft, a second version produced in 1918 as an infantry weapon had a thinner barrel and a fitting beneath the receiver for a bipod or tripod.
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The PK is a family of 7.62 mm Kalashnikov light and medium gas-operated automatic air-cooled machine-guns, produced since 1964, mounted as a secondary armament on many Russian AFVs (such as the PKT), and used by infantry (the PK, PKS and PKM variants). The PK family are chambered for the 7.62 mm x 54R Soviet cartridge which they take from a belt feed and fires at a rate of 650 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 825 meters per second to an effective range of 1000 meters when mounted on a tripod. The PK family have a 658 mm long, quick change barrel and are fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a vertical leaf rearsight.
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The Weaver PKS-9 Ultralite is an American lightweight sub-machine-gun chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge. It takes a 25, 30 or 42-round box magazine and has a rate of fire of 1000 rounds-per-minute. The light weight is achieved from the extensive use of aluminium in the manufacture of the weapon. The weapon is also easy to maintain, a permanent lubricant removing the need for oiling, and the weapon designed to be field stripped without tools.
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The Glauberyt PM-84 is a Polish blowback-operated sub-machine-gun. The PM-84 is chambered for the 9 mm Makarov cartridge which it takes from a 15- or 25-round box magazine and fires at a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute and with a muzzle velocity of 330 meters-per-second. The PM-84P is a 9 mm Parabellum version introduced in 1985 for export.
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The PPD 34 was a Soviet sub-machine-gun designed by Vasily Degtyaryev and introduced in 1934. It takes a 7.62 mm 'P' pistol round from a 71-round drum or 25-round box magazine. It has a cyclic rate of 800 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 489 meters-per-second, and an effective range of 200 meters. The PPD 34 was based upon the Finnish Suomi and the German Bergmann MP28 sub-machine-guns. The PPD 34 has a 275 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and tangent rearsight.
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The PPD 40 was a Soviet blowback operated sub-machine-gun designed by Vasily Degtyaryev and introduced in 1940. It takes a 7.62 mm 'P' pistol round from a 71-round drum magazine. It has a cyclic rate of 800 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 490 meters-per-second, and an effective range of 200 meters. The PPD 40 has a 270 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and tangent rearsight, early models having a notch rearsight, later models a flip-sight.
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The PPS-43 was a Soviet sub-machine-gun produced during the Second World War and still in use in the late 1970's in Poland. The PPS-43 was chambered for the 7.62 mm 'P' cartridge and had a cyclic rate of 650 rounds-per-minute.
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The PPSh-41 was a Soviet blowback operated sub-machine-gun developed during the Second World War and introduced in 1941, whereupon it became one of the main weapons of the Soviet Infantry. It took a 7.62 mm round from a 71-round drum or 35-round box. It had a cyclic rate of 900 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 489 meters-per-second. Although production stopped in 1945, PPSh-41 sub-machine-guns were seen in action in 1977 in Beirut, Lebanon and also in Somalia and Ethiopia.
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The Puckle gun was a British flintlock machine-gun invented by James Puckle in 1718. It took a nine-round revolving block, was mounted on a tripod and was designed to be portable and especially to prevent an enemy boarding a ship. An unusual feature was that it fired square bullets.
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