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PISTOL CALIBER CARBINES: NOT ANOTHER AR-15 By David Lake Since the advent of repeating arms and cased ammunition, the goal and purpose of small arms manufacturers has been to improve and even specialize those weapons. Shoulder fired arms have to be divided into specific categories, ranging in size and power from the highly compact PDW, up to the robust anti-materiel rifle. In between these extremes you’ll find submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, shotguns, launchers, and sniper rifles. Each represents a unique field of study, development, and application. Military and law enforcement will have access to, and a purpose for, all of the above weapon types. The civilian consumer will generally have less choice; whether collector, competitor, hobbyist, or hunter. The vast majority of guns lining the retail shelves today can be described with only two letters: AR. The overwhelming array of variants and versions of the AR-15 dominate our current gun market. The simple fact is that the AR-15 is so versatile it can be adapted to fill almost any role. As the gun-buying public supports the industry focused on the AR-15, we continue to see growing specialization and development for that platform. It would seem that the development and marketing of other weapon types is given less attention by most manufacturers of arms. It would seem that a well-developed carbine dedicated to firing a pistol cartridge does not command as much attention in the retail market. We should discuss the small arms arsenal of the two world wars. In World War One, scattered among the Mausers and Springfields and Carcanos, and Enfields and Hotchkiss and Maxims and Vickers of the day, there were the M15 Villar-Perosa, and the MP18 Bergmann. They were short, light (by comparison to the infantry rifles of the day) and fired pistol cartridges at the rate of a machine gun from very high-capacity magazines. In World War II we still see the presence of high-powered infantry rifles; but now, well developed on all fronts is the submachine gun. It is important to grasp this point that based on the lessons of World War One; every country that would be involved in the Second World War would develop and field a pistol caliber shoulder fired small arm. Government and military bodies had learned that battle engagements were typically happening at close to intermediate ranges. The infantry rifle’s size and power and potential to hit the horizon were proven unnecessary in most situations. The battlefield would eventually adopt a lighter, smaller rifle that could sustain automatic fire and hold 30 to 40 rounds and hit a mansized target up to 150 yards away. To properly illustrate the proliferation of the pistol caliber carbine, here’s the short list of sub-guns from WWII: Thompson, M3 Grease Gun, Reising, Beretta 1918, Moschetto 38, Sten, Sterling, Lanchester, Owen, PPD-34, PPD-38, PPD-40, PPS-42, PPS-43, PPSH-41, UD-M42, LAD, Nambu type 100, Suomi, MAS 38, Ribeyrolle, Danuvia, Orita, Bechowiec, Blyskawica, Volks MP3008, MP28, MP34, Erma MP35, MP35 Bergmann, MP38, MP40, and MP41 etc., just to get the list started. Consider that 24 years prior to the start of WWII, only 2 submachine guns saw their start in World War 1. We need not argue in support of the efficacy and practicality of the SMG. History speaks well to that effect, by the marked proliferation of this class of weapon. The world’s militaries would eventually adopt the “assault rifle,” which 1 Right: 1. 50 yards with 124 grain remanufactured bulk ammunition from the Thureon. 2. 50 yards with 124 grain remanufactured bulk ammunition from the TNW. 3. 50 yards with 147 grain FMJ from the Thureon. 4. 50 yards with 147 grain FMJ from the TNW. <strong>SAR</strong> Vol. 18, No. 6 84 Nov., Dec. 2014
The TNW Aero Survival Rifle weighs 5.6 pounds, is 33 inches long with the stock extended and has a height of 6.5 inches from grip to mount. The basic carbine costs $799 and caliber conversions range from $275-$400. The Thureon GA Carbine weighs 6.15 pounds, is 35 inches long with the stock extended and has a height of 7.5 inches from bottom of the grip to the top of the receiver. The basic carbine costs $960. A fully enhanced package can cost up to $1,620. The Aimpoint Patrol sight was the ideal optic for a rifle of this sort. 2 3 4 www.smallarmsreview.com 85 <strong>SAR</strong> Vol. 18, No. 6
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