Smith & Wesson 76

The Smith & Wesson M76 can be seen in the following films and television series:

Smith & Wesson M76 - 9mm‎

Smith & Wesson M76 with stock extended - 9mm‎

Originally developed by S&W for the U.S. Navy SEALS after Sweden imposed an arms embargo thereby depriving the SEALs of the Carl Gustaf M/45 (Swedish K) SMG the M76 saw limited combat service in Vietnam and eventually S&W ceased production of the original weapon in 1974. Although the M76's military service was brief, it saw some popularity among Law Enforcement and civilan markets. The M76, much like the M3 "Grease Gun", was designed (Or rather the weapon that it is a clone of. the C.Gustav M/45) to be an inexpensive wartime submachine gun. As a result, it was made of primarily rolled and stamped metal parts. Despite being inexpensive to mass produce the M76 can be a very effective weapon, even when compared with today's much more advanced and expensive submachine guns. The M76's 9mm round is still the most common round used in submachine guns, however the biggest difference in the performance of the M76 and more modern options is accuracy. Due to construction materials and design today's submachine gun offer much more pinpoint accuracy with single shots, however with submachine guns controlability is the name of the game-as they were created for, and are most commonly deployed in, fully automatic/burst fire. Controlability is one of the strengths of the M76, as it's 9mm round and cyclic rate of 600/rpm combine for a quite controllable weapon. Another advantage is the 20% increase in magazine capacity over most weapons of the type and caliber-which feed from 30 round double column box magazines, while the M76 feeds from a 36 round double column box magazine. While still a very effective weapon, there have been huge advance in weapons of the same type. In the 1980's two firms, MK Arms and Global Arms made variants of the M76 (called the Mk760) with minimal commercial success.