Hardcover / 268pp / Index The Smith & Wesson Model 76, MK760 and Swedish K Submachine Guns

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This book presents the most thorough and up-to-datecompendium on the Model 76 and most variants. This deep-dive informationtouches upon the Model 76’s history and development, various versions andlicensing, the caseless ammunition program, magazines, parts and accessories,troubleshooting and other topics.

In 1966, the Department of the Navy contacted Smith &Wesson about the possibility of the company designing and manufacturing aweapon that would be similar in concept and operation to the Swedish-K that wascurrently in service with U.S. Navy SEAL teams operating in Vietnam. TheSwedish government refused to sell or support the Swedish-K submachine guns,due to their outspoken protest of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. In thefall of 1966, the Development Section of Smith & Wesson received anofficial written request from the Department of the Navy for the development ofa new 9mm subma­chine gun. Corporation officials met with SEAL Team One at theNaval Amphibious Base Coronado, in San Diego, California, to discuss theproject. The company issued 76 as the model designation for the proj­ect,simply as a control number, hav­ing no other significance. The S&W Model 76went into series production in 1968.

This book covers the following topics:

Smith & Wesson Light Rifle Model of 1940

Smith & Wesson Model of 1945 Carbine

Smith & Wesson Model 76 Submachine Gun

History and Manufacturing

Caseless Ammunition Program

M/45 Swedish-K Submachine Gun

MK 760 Submachine Gun

MK 760 Semiautomatic Carbines and Pistols

Global Arms 76A1

Burgess SW76 Submachine Gun

Omega Arms and Special Weapons SW 760

Magazines, Parts and Accessories

Trouble Shooting

Disassembly–Assembly and Maintenance