FURSVARETS

FABRIKSVERK

SUBMACHINE

GUN

Carl - Gustaf

GUN f

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FABRIKSVERK
SWEDEN

Head

office:
FABRIKSSTYRELSE Birger address: Jorlsgatan 7, Stockholm 7

FORSVARETS Address: Cable

BFabriksverketB.

Tel. 22 36 60

Factories:
CARL GUSTAFS small arms STADS etc. KARLSBORG, arms, aircraft Karlsborg machine Karlstad for guns etc. GEVXRSFAKTORI, Eskilstuna

AMMUNlTlONSFABRlKEN ammunition for small

AMMUNITIONSFABRIKEN fuzes, artillery detonators, am etc.

ZAKRISDAL, primers,

cartridge-cases

CENTRALA
torpedoes

TORPEDVERKSTADEN,

Motala

AKERS KRUTBRUK,
powder, smoke

Akers Styckebruk
producers,

gas-masks

etc.

CONTENTS

SHORT

DESCRIPTION

Inlroduction General Principal

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feotures parts

HANDLING How Safety Filling Loading Making the gun works

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of the magozine

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the gun empty

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fire

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Semiautomatic Manner of

and automatic

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carrying and

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Dismantling Folding Cleaning

assembling

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of the butt stock

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Fig 3. The gun, right ride. The butt stock folded.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
of submachine gun Carl - Gustaf

Introduction.

The

submachine of light

gun,

Carl-Gustaf, and sound

is a small back -

compact It is heavy

weapon magazine

weight

construction.

fed and operated It can be fired

on the blow

bolt system.

in any position.

General features.

Caliber: Magazine:

9 mm Parabellum Exchangeable capacity magazine of box type,

36 cartridges, of bullet velocity energy about obout

filled 7,5 g 60

by hond

Ballistics:

Weight Muzzle Muzzle

about 400 mlsec. kgm at 300 m about 28 kgm about 1500 m 300 m at semi200 m at auto-

Impact energy Range: Maximum Practicable automatic matic fire Rate of fire: Weights: About The The The 6509 Dimensions: length

range range fire

about

and about

10 rounds

per sec. magazine empty 230 with 3500 g g 36 cartridges

gun except magazine magazine

loaded

with butt stock extended butt stock folded

808 mm

Length with Accessories

550 mm

Sling Magazine Wiper, Vaseline Front 2 sight bag parts, box key and brush

BUTT

STOCK

Buffer BACK PIECE \ \

-1 ?

RECOIL

SPRING

COCKfNG

HANDLE 1 --. \I

Rear sight spring REAR SIGHT

RECEIVER

Firing pin

Barrel rlcevc nut

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BARREL

SLEEVE BARREL

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Front sight spring , FRONT SIGHT --.

Principal
parts.

The

weapon sleeve, with

has the following

principal

parts:

barrel, barrel receiver pistol front back piece and firing mechanism,

grip, sight and rear sight, and recoil spring and by

butt stock, bolt with cocking magazine. The barrel the barrel The on barrel to the is mounted in the receiver sleeve. sleeve Dismantling is provided On the with barrel front and is secured 15. screwing there are and front mechanism. with In the sleeve sight is the there and hole. of is a nut for sleeve see page handle

receiver.)

front sight with catch spring, sling swivel. The receiver carries On its rear a catch far front barrel

sight guard

the bolt and the firing and a rear is threaded the upper a trigger sling

part there are back piece,) butt stock

a bracket swivel.

part the receiver sleeve nut. On

for the barrel side the rear

nut and provided

with a guide

pin and a catch for the guide,

to be found and on the under side, the magazine a magazine receiver are The safety locking slots firing catch and with slots for guard. is provided an ejector. piece, handle, of trigger Furthermore

Internally

the back is located

manoeuvrelower part

for the cocking mechanism and consists position

and an ejector in the and sear,

the receiver The The pistol

which

kept in a hooked grip

by the sear spring. grips. by a catch.

has two wooden

butt stock is fixed sight

in an open position

The butt stock is provided The front The rear sight

with a cheek guard. for 100, 200 and is moun-

and the rear sight are of an open type.

is a flap sight adiustable adjustment sight can, when a new barrel and laterally.

300 m. The front sight key,

ted, be given different vertically

by means of a front

The pin and

bolP) ejector.

has On bent

an

action feed

face rib

with

an

integral back there in which

firing are the as can

in the front

part, the and

and slots at the rear hole, part

for- extractor

underside The

a cocking cocking a support against handle The be locked

a transverse spring. held position

handle a spring

is mounted. being

is shaped The bolt

for the recoil in the front

The extractor by a plate. by pressing

is movable the cocking The of

into a hole on the left side of the receiver. is a rod magazine with holes can be judged see page 15. for 36 cartridges. so that the number is provided

magazine

magazine

the cartridges 1 Dismantling

approximately.

HANDLING
How the gun works.
The action of the gun is based on the blow back-heavy boll The system. cocking handle is pulled back to the cocked posi-

tion at which the recoil spring is compressed, and then a loaded magazine is inserted in the magazine guide until it locks. When and zine which in the is the trigger driven is pressed, by the heavy the recoil bolt spring. from is released The feed the maga-

forward

rib on the bolt strips and drives cartridge primer is attached

the top cartridge snaps the

it into the firing to the bolt, case and

chamber. firing

The extractor, pin strikes the

into the cannelure

cartridge The

exploding

the powder. bolt and the spring has keeps to

momentum and the

of the heavy position, pressure pressure

the bolt in forward barrel The safe limits. remaining

until the bullet

has left the dropped

in the barrel drives

the empty The

cartridge

case

and moving

parts

to the rear.

case strikes

against

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the ejector spring and is ejected from the next cartridge the gun. The in position magazine pushes for feeding. position.

Safety.

The gun is made safe with the bolt in the rear On certain position By (a) Safety making cocking where The occasions the bolt can be locked with the following: position: the bolt into in the rear the spring. special position: position in accordance safe with is

in the rear

with the bolt in the rear raised

position safety

the slot

handle

it is held by the recoil is locked handle

(Fig. 6 and 7). by pressing

fb) looking bolt the cocking

of the bolt in forward in the forward

into the hole in the receiver.

Fig 6. The gun cocking handle

is mode safe. Notice that is in the safety slot.

the

Fig

7.

The gun

is released

ready

for

firing.

Safety precautions.

1.

If a loaded be brought for locking

magazine from the

is inserted, rear to the

the bolt forward

may not position

until the magazine

has been removed.

2.

locking with the bolt in the forward position ought to be used only when there is a risk that the chamber and the magazine ejector snowopening or sandstorms, guide [during can be soiled movements the in through trenches, etc.). to be ought the in

creeping

and crawling bolt

3.

On guard-duty in peacetime in the rear safety position.

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Filling of the magazine.
Filling without wing The lips The of the magazine magazine filler manner. cartridge down is placed to is the between held the is the is carried in the out

follo-

of the magazine procedure

(Fig. 8) and until

pressed magazine The filling zine,

position.

repeated

is filled

with 36 cartridges. if the magathe thumb, (which

is made easier down suitable with

at the same time as the cartridis tapped lightly object

ge is pressed against does any

with the bottom first not damage

the magazine).

Loading.

loading position

can be

done with the bolt in the rear safety

locked position.

or with the bolt in the forward

loading I. 2. 3. 4. The Pull safe

with the bolt in the rear back (Fig. the 6). empty magazine. bolt with the

safety right

position. hand and make

Remove Insert

the

a loaded safety is now during

magazine (Fig. 7). ready for is

in the magazine

guide.

Release gun

firing. made with

The as No.

change 1.

of the but

magazine without loading 1. 2.

combat

mentioned

safety

in accordance

with the bolt in the forward handle). magazine.

locked position.
(by pressing in

Lock the bolt in the forward the cocking Remove the empty

position

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3.

Insert loading

a loaded greater bolt with

magazine force in rear firing

in the is to be position.

magazine used thon

guide. when and

Somewhat

The gun is now loaded with the bolt in the forward locked position. i.e. the cocking is brought NOTE. position, instance The Before handle is pulled outwards

the bolt must be unlocked, and the bolt

back to cocked position. bolt must always accidental way be locked shots may (Fig. 9). with the bolt The bolt is in the forward be fired, fat

otherwise

in the following

1. The gunner in forward 2. The

has inserted position. The

the magazine bolt the ground.

is not locked. but has not been spring.

gun is knocked on the sear,

against

moved rearwards hooked 3. 4. but is brought Accidental

from

its position again

forward

by the recoil

shots.

Fig 9.

Making the gun empty.

1. Pull back the bolt and make safe (Fig. 6).

2. 3. 4. Remove the magazine. Release Fire (pull [When safety. trigger). position.) needed the bolt is locked in forward

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Fig

10.

lying

position

for

firing.

Semiautomatic

There To fire firing, will firing in Fig.

is no fire single at which

control the bolt

lever. is quickly released after is cocked in its rear position.

and automatic
f ire.

shots,

the trigger

If the movement is performed be discharged. firing At automatic 10-13.

too slowly,

2 or more shots

the trigger

is held back so long as for firing are shown

is desired.

Various

positions

Fig

11. The gun token from position in fig

directly 17.

Fig 12. The gun token from position in fig

directly 16.

Fig 13. The gun taken from position

directly 14.

in Fig.

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Fig 15.

Fig 16.

Fig 17.

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The

following recoil sleeve

ports spring, and

[Fig. bolt,

5) can

be dismantled: magazine

Back guide,

piece, barrel The

extractor,

barrel.

magazine Ascertain finger

can be dismantled. that the gun is empty and the bolt in Grasp back piece with press hole fore and hand and in the catch of of the back Back

NOTE. its the middle

forward back

position. of right piece with

thumb [through

piece). Turn

back piece a little

counter-clockwise. (Fig. 181.

piece comes loose Remove Remove Strip sing recoil bolt.

and can be removed

spring.

extractor in

and extractor spring

spring and

from

bolt by presit forward

extractor

plate

sliding

in its slot.

15

.
Remove barrel sleeve by unscrewing object, for barrel sleeve nut. in by

For this the barrel sight key. barrel

sleeve

catch must be pressed instance with

means of some hard

the front

Remove The

sleeve

and

barrel. by removing spring the magazine and cartridge

magazine after

is dismantled

bottom, follower More

which the magazine

can be dismantled. detailed only. is done in reversed order. dismantling should be performed by

armourers Assembling

NOTES. If the catch of the back piece should ensure before mounting the back hove fallen that apart,

piece,

the slots

of the catch engage with the pins of back piece (Fig. 19).

Fig

19.

Position piece piece. mourrting

of of

the back before the back

catch

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F&&g

af the

In the folded of an elastic

position, catch.

the butt stock is secured by means

butt stock.

To extend the butt stock, seize the shoulder support with the right hand and jerk the butt stock to the right and backwards. back the elastic stock from When the butt stock unintentionally is swung during entirely the butt firing. catch is locked, thus preventing

being folded

To fold the butt stock, seize the upper shank with the right hand and press the knob of the catch lock to the left forwards. At the right beginning of the movement the back part of the the butt stock hip. can be conveniently tapped against (Fig. 20). ierk the butt stock to the right and At the same time

Fig 20. Seizing to fold the butt stock.

Cleaning.

The

gun

is dismantled after which

as per page the parts are

No oiled

15. All

dirt

is

removed manner.

in the normal

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