F1 SUBMACHINE GUN

[Gil Boyd]

Interest weapon:

An SMG not heard or seen much except in Australian hands was the F1.
It started life in 1962 as the X3 and went into production as the F1. It was to be a direct replacement for the popular Owen SMG and to keep the all familiar top loading magazine.
It was felt by the Australian Ministry of Defence that it would benefit all Commonwealth fighting units if a vertical loading curved magazine, that was used on the British Sterling and the Canadian C1 in the horizonal preference, should be used and therefore versatile to fit all three weapons.
The F1 was a 9mm, with a muzzle velocity of 366m, weight 4.3kgs and a rate of fire 600-640 rounds per minute.
Two pictures of the F1 and the last one showing the popular Owen gun it was founded from.

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