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Encyclopedia > Henri Delacre
Delacre Modele 1936
Image:Delacre Bullpup SMG.JPG
Type submachine gun
Place of origin France
Service history
In service Unknown
Used by France
Wars Second World War?
Production history
Designer Henri Delacre
Designed 1936
Manufacturer Unknown
Produced 1936?
Number built Unknown
Specifications
Weight 3.97 kg (8.7 lb)
Length Unknown
Barrel length 251 mm (9.9 in)

Cartridge 9mm Parabellum/Luger
Action Open bolt blowback
Rate of fire 500 round/min
Muzzle velocity ~380 m/s (~1247 ft/s)
Effective range ~ 100 m (110 yd)
Feed system 32 round detachable box magazine
Sights Hooded blade front, fixed and flip-up U-notch rear

The Delacre Model 1936 was the worlds first Bullpup submachine gun designed by Henri Delacre. It used the TMH from the FM-24/29 light machine gun. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ... In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ... A semi or fully-automatic firearm which is said to fire from an open bolt is one where, when ready to fire, the bolt and working parts are held to the rear. ... Blowback is a system in which automatic or semi-automatic firearms operate through the energy created by combustion in the chamber and bore acting directly on the bolt face through the cartridge. ... Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can ]] per minute (RPM or round/min), or rounds per second Note that heat and ammunition concerns mean that most automatic weapons are unlikely ever to sustain their cyclic rate of fire for a full minute... A guns muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. ... A 30-round STANAG magazine. ... The Steyr AUG is one of the most successful bullpup rifles Bullpup is a firearm configuration in which the action (or mechanism) and magazine are located behind the trigger. ... The FM 24/29 was a light machine gun in use by the French army from 1924. ...


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