MAC-10
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The Military Armament Corporation Model 10 or MAC-10 is a highly compact, blowback-operated select-fire submachine gun (more specifically a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. A simple, low-cost design with few moving parts, the MAC-10 has a reputation for being an extremely reliable and easily manufactured weapon, although the combination of small size and high cyclic rate of fire (1100 RPM) make it rather inaccurate in full automatic fire. It was originaly manufactured by Military Armament Company, and later by RPB Inc, SWD Inc, Cobray and Jersey Arms.
MAC-10 has been featured, among countless others, in the 1974 film McQ starring John Wayne. The weapon´s barrel is threadred for a (originaly Sionics) silencer. The silenced version the MAC-10 had been briefly featured in the 1976 film Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford, in the 1978 film The Big Fix starring Richard Dreyfuss, in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction, and in the 1995 Robert Rodriguez-directed Desperado (film).
Depending on the model, MAC-10 fires, .380 ACP, caliber 9 mm Parabellum or caliber .45 ACP rounds.
Ingram was popularized as Max Payne's weapon of choiсe (one in each hand, combined with the bullet-time) in the Max Payne video game dilogy. It is also used in the tactic team shooter Counter-Strike, even though it is not very popular due to its lack of accuracy. The MAC-10 is often dubbed the "American Uzi" since it is commonly depicted being fired one-handed and even akimbo like the IMI Uzi.
See also
External links
- Ingram MAC - 10/11 (http://www.enemyforces.com/firearms/ingram.htm)
- MAC M10 and M11 (USA) (http://www.world.guns.ru/smg/smg22-e.htm)
- MAC-10 History Lesson (http://www.firearmsid.com/Feature%20Articles/012001/Mac10History.htm)
- MAC 10 Info and History: The Gun that Made The Eighties Roar! (http://www.mac10guns.com/index.htm)Template:Firearms-stub