New Nambu M66

New Nambu M65/M66
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	Japan Self-Defense Forces (Testing and Trials Only)
Used by	Japan Self-Defense Forces
Production history
Designer	Shin-Chuō Industries (Now Minebea Co.)
Designed	1965
Manufacturer	Shin-Chuō Industries
Number built	Prototypes Only
Variants	M65, M66
Specifications
Weight	4.08kg (M65) 3.96kg (M66)
Length	M65: 763mm (Stock Folded: 501mm) M66: 756mm (Stock Folded: 504mm)
Barrel length	154mm (M65) 140mm (M66)
Cartridge	9x19mm Parabellum
Caliber	9mm
Action	Blowback, Open-Bolt
Rate of fire	550 RPM (M65) 465 RPM (M66)
Feed system	30-Round Detachable Box Magazine
Sights	Iron Sight

The New Nambu M65/M66 is a submachine gun of post-WW2 Japanese origin manufactured by Shin-Chuō Industries (Formerly Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company; now Minebea Co.). It is a blowback, open-bolt configured weapon chambered in the 9x19mm Parabellum round fed from a thirty-round magazine. The firearm was only tested and produced under trials for the considered replacement of the aging M3 submachine gun that was supplied by the United States Military during the formation of the National Police Reserve after the war.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg129-e.htm