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MAC-10
The Ingram MAC-10 and its derivatives can be seen being used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:
Note: The correct nomenclature is "MAC-10", not "Mac-10". MAC is an acronym for Military Armament Corporation.
Information
- Type: Submachine Gun and Semi Automatic pistols for general public sale.
- Operation: Open bolt, Blow Back
- Abbreviation: Military Armament Corporation Model 10 (M.A.C-10/MAC-10)
- Cyclic Rate: ~1200rpm
- Caliber: 9mm Parabellum (MAC-10/9) .45 ACP (MAC-10), .380 ACP (MAC-11)
Gordon Ingram designed the MAC-10 in 1965 and later, when the company he worked for, Sionics Inc, was merged into the larger Military Armament Corporation in 1970, the MAC-10 was put into production. The 9mm and .45 acp versions were introduced simultaneously. The .380 version was introduced later in the same year. The MAC-10 was then offered to the U.S. Military during the final years of the Vietnam War as a weapon for special operations and for support personnel, like armored units (hoping to replace the M3A1 Submachine gun as the self defense weapon of most tank crews). The MAC-10 didn't generate a lot of interest from the U.S. Military due to it's small size and high rate of fire (too high it turns out for most operational uses). The lack of a foregrip motivated M.A.C. to provide a grip strap in front so that a second hand could hold down the gun and control the extreme muzzle climb when firing a long burst. But it was still an awkward weapon to fire and was most popular when mated with the efficient Sionics Two Stage Sound Suppressor. The Sionics Suppressor increased the length, quieted the sound (in a manner that was impressive for it's day), and gave the shooter a stable point to grab with the second hand. CIA and SEAL units used the MAC-10 in Vietnam, and Special Ops units from other countries (Israel, UK and West Germany to name a few have been seen wielding versions of the MAC-10 during that time period). Unfortunately no Major military ever formally adopted the weapon and it was sold mostly to Elite Police units (foreign and domestic) as well as special covert ops units until Military Armament Corporation went bankrupt in 1976. The death knell was the U.S. Government ban on selling Silencers/Suppressors to other countries (a ridiculous ban that has since been lifted). But foreign clients only wanted the MAC-10 with the Sionics Suppressor, orders fell to nothing. We can still see Ingram MAC-10s in South and Central America (usually 'gifts' from the CIA over the years) and in the armories of some European countries, but no one uses it as a 'front line' weapon any more.
Other companies then built transferable versions of the MAC-10/9, MAC-10 and MAC-11 : most notably RPB Industries and SWD Corporation. Only the MAC guns built by M.A.C. (when Gordon Ingram was there) can be called "Ingram MAC-10s".
MAC-10
Film
- John Wayne as Lt. Lon McQ in McQ (with a suppressor attached)
- Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction
- Diego Sandoval as Empty Gun Man in Desperado
- Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi in Desperado
- Danny Glover as Detective Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon 3
- Mel Gibson as detective Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon 3
- A gangbanger in Lethal Weapon 3
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen Tasker in True Lies
- Michael Douglas as William 'D-Fence' Foster in Falling Down
- Crimson Jihad terrorists in True Lies
- Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in Die Another Day (fitted with muzzle shroud)
- Chow Yun-Fat as Ken Lee, Ti Lung as Sung Tse-Ho, and Dean Shek as Lung Si in A Better Tomorrow 2
- Colombian thugs, Babylon Club hitmen, and Steven Bauer as Manny in Scarface (the Colombians' having silencers fitted)
- Vampires and Wesley Snipes as Blade in Blade (Snipes using one with Hollywood embellishments)
- Waise Lee as Shing in A Better Tomorrow
- Bruce Willis as Detective John McClaine in Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Dead drug dealers in No Country for Old Men
- Hank Garrett as Mailman in Three Days of the Condor
- Drax henchmen and Richard Kiel as Jaws in Moonraker (Kiel using one with an extended shrouded barrel)
- The Abyss (With an extended shrouded barrel)
- PIRA terrorists in The Devil's Own
- Ken Wahl as The Soldier, along with his (unnamed) special ops team members, Joaquim de Almeida, Peter Hooten in The Soldier
- Rutger Hauer as Wulfgar in Night Hawks
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop 3
Television
- Kiefer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer in 24
- Drug dealers in Burn Notice
- Miami Vice used in the "Evan" episode
- Bank Robber in Criminal Minds
Video Games
- The World Is Not Enough (as the "Ingalls Type 20", fitted with a silencer)
- The Specialists (removed from the game after version 2.0)
- Counter-Strike Online (as the Ingram MAC-10)
Anime / Manga
- Leona Ozaki in New Dominion Tank Police
- Red Dragon Syndicate and Space Warriors members in Cowboy Bebop
- Badou Nails in Dogs/Dogs: Bullets & Carnage
- Kazuo Kiriyama in Battle Royale
- Albert Dux' various henchmen and Christian Gare in Noir
MAC-11
Film
- Dave Chappelle as Tulley in Blue Streak
- Nicolas Cage as Joe in Bangkok Dangerous
Television
- Frank Grillo as Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman and Christine Evangelista as Ashley Beck in The Kill Point
- Crypt King gang members in CSI: Miami (episode: "Resurrection")
Video Games
Anime
- A Triad member and Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd gig
Cobray M11/9
The Cobray M11/9 is not a 'true MAC' in that it was an updated design 'based' on the MAC-10 blueprints by SWD Industries. Cobray was the company that emerged when SWD closed down in 1986, however SWD was the first company to design the 'elongated' M11/9 pistol that Cobray became famous for. All of the fully transferable SWD/Cobray M11 submachine guns were actually built by SWD between 1978 and 1986. Cobray kept the SWD logo on many of their frames, but Cobray (the new company) actually only manufactured semi-automatic pistols for public sale after 1986 until they themselves folded (for the most part) in the late 1990s (though they still exist now, selling replacement parts for their guns but they are shadow of their former selves).
In movies and TV shows, particularly those made in the U.S. and Canada, the M11/9 appears quite regularly as a stand-in for the MAC-10 and MAC-11, which means that it is often mistaken for the Ingram guns. When identifying MAC variants on IMFDB, look closely at the back of the receiver to see if it is elongated.
Film
- Julian Arahanga as Apoc in The Matrix
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
- Chinese gangsters in The Departed
- Mad Dog in Hard Boiled
- A Chinese mobster in Hollow Point
- A thug in The Whole Ten Yards
- Steven Seagal as Casey Ryback in Under Siege
Television
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode "Random Acts of Violence")
- The Unit Episode 13 of season 1
- Bad guys in many episodes of Viper