MGD PM-9

MGD_PM-9
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	never
Production history
Designer	Louis Debuit
Designed	late 1940s - early 1950s
Specifications
Length	659 mm (25.9 in) stock extended 359 mm (14.1 in) stock collapsed
Barrel length	213 mm (8.4 in)
Cartridge	9 mm Parabellum
Barrels	213 millimetres (8.4 in)
Action	Delayed blowback
Rate of fire	750 rpm
Effective firing range	100 metres (110 yd)
Feed system	32-round box magazine (MP-40 compatible)
Sights	Iron sights

MGD PM-9 was a French submachine gun, designed in the late 1940s or early 1950s by Louis Debuit. It was a delayed blowback weapon, firing from an open bolt; it used a rotating flywheel as a delaying mass for its bolt, which was highly unusual. The design was never mass-produced.

See also

• Hotchkiss Type Universal
• TDI Vector
• Barnitzke machine gun
• List of submachine guns

External links

• Modern Firearms
• US Patent

External images
MGD PM-9 submachine gun
[1], extended
[2], collapsed