Carl Gustaf Kulsprutepistol Modell 45 and Modell 45B "Swedish K"

 

 

 

 

 

Submachinegun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9mm Parabellum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Provided by Eero Juhola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Physical

       Aim

 

 

 

Ballistic Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Data

      Time

 

 

 

Range in 2 yard Hexes

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC

ALM

 

 

 

10

20

40

70

100

200

300

400

L

20 / 32

1

-22

 

FMJ

PEN

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.4

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

W

7.6

2

-12

 

 

DC

3

3

3

3

2

1

1

1

 

 

3

-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RT

8

4

-7

 

JHP

PEN

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.3

0.4

0.2

0.1

ROF

*5

5

-6

 

 

DC

5

4

4

3

2

1

1

1

 

 

6

-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cap

36/50

7

-4

 

AP

PEN

3.2

3.0

2.5

1.9

1.5

0.6

0.3

0.1

AW

1.7/2.2

8

-3

 

 

DC

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

 

Mag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA

0.3

0.5

1

2

3

7

10

13

KD

3

 

 

 

 

BA

45

36

27

20

15

6

0

-3

SAB

3

 

 

 

 

TOF

0

1

2

4

6

13

23

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carl Gustaf Kulsprutepistol Modell 45 and Modell 45B "Swedish K"- Thanks to Johan H. A. Okker (jor@algonet.se) and another source who wishes to remain anonymous, I was able to correct and improve the Swedish K stats a bit. I just knew there would be people familiar with the weapon on the list.

I copied many of Johan's comments into the notes about the gun. The ROF information was provided by the anonymous source who has apparently tried to hack this weapon :)

The Carl Gustaf is the standard submachine gun of the Swedish army. In addition to Sweden, this fine gun was also produced in Egypt (as the "Port Said"). It was used by the Egyptian army in the 1967 war with Israel and also by Indonesia and other countries, notably by the US Special Forces in Southeast Asia.

The Model 45 and Model 45B differ mainly in respect to design features which affect shooter safety. There is a special bayonet mount which will accept a standard, c. 16 in. (40 cm) long Mauser bayonet.

The gun is capable of automatic fire only. A special high-velocity round which has better body armor penetration capabilities, the Model 9/39B, exists for the Carl Gustaf. The 9/39B is a lead core, thick steel jacketed projectile. The jacket is coated with copper to counter the increased wear a steel jacket would inflict on the weapon. Use the AP stats for this round.

The 50-round clip was discarded in the 1960's. With some reworking the Model 45B will accept the 70-round drum magazine of the 37/39 Suomi SMG. The Model 45 can use the drum magazine without reworking.

When firing full automatic, the weapon is easy to control but, due to the very heavy reciever, moves rather much with every round. It is possible, though forbidden, to field convert the weapon's feed mechanisms so that ROF is increased to *7 or even *9 or *10, but these may adversely affect reliability and even controllability (the weapon may fail to stop firing !).

 


Page last modified: July 25, 2003