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The DUX 53 was a German blowback operated sub-machine-gun based upon the Finnish Suomi M1944 and produced for the West German border guards in 1954. The DUX 53 was chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it took from a 50-round Suomi box magazine and fired at a cyclic rate of 500 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 381 meters per second. The DUX 53 had a folding stock and a 251 mm long barrel. It had a blade foresight and a flip notch rearsight.
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The DUX 59 was a German blowback operated sub-machine-gun based upon the Finnish Suomi M1944 and produced for the West German border guards. The DUX 59 was chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it took from a 32- or 40-round box magazine and fired at a cyclic rate of 500 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 381 meters per second. The DUX 59 had a folding stock and a 251 mm long barrel. It had a blade foresight and a flip notch rearsight. The DUX 59 was an improved, lighter and stronger version of the DUX 53.
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In music a comes is the answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.
Dux is the scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.
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