Smith & Wesson 76

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Smith & Wesson M76 - 9x19mm‎

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Smith & Wesson M76 with stock extended - 9x19mm‎

The Smith & Wesson 76 is an American submachine gun developed by S&W in 1967. It was originally developed for the U.S. Navy SEALs, who had been using the Carl Gustaf M/45 as their weapon of choice in Vietnam, but needed a replacement after Sweden imposed an arms embargo on the United States and stopped supplying the m/45. The Model 76 was developed in response to a list of requirements provided by the Navy SEALs.

The Model 76 was produced in small nubmers and saw limited combat service in Vietnam, and eventually S&W ceased its production in 1974. Although the Model 76's military service was brief, it saw some popularity among Law Enforcement and civilian markets. Until the early 1980s, Smith & Wesson also made a 16" barreled semiautomatic only carbine version of the same weapon for over the counter sales.

Though heavily inspired by the m/45, the Model 76 is not an exact clone, and featured several changes. Explicitly designed to be inexpensive, the M76 was primarily made of rolled and stamped metal parts.

In the 1980s, two firms MK Arms and Global Arms made variants of the M76 called the Mk760 with minimal commercial success.

Specifications

(1967 - 1974)

• Type: Submachine Gun

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm

• Weight: 7.25 lbs (3.29 kg)

• Length: 30.5 in (77.5 cm) with stock extended

• Barrel length: 8 in (20.3 cm)

• Capacity: 14, 25, 36

• Cyclic Rate: 600 rds per/minute

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

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The Smith & Wesson 76 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Omega Man	Charlton Heston	Robert Neville		1971
The Omega Man	Rosalind Cash	Lisa	.	1971
Hickey & Boggs	Tom Signorelli	Nick		1972
The Getaway	Jim Kannon	Cannon		1972
Prime Cut	Lee Marvin	Nick Devlin		1972
Across 110th Street	Paul Benjamin	Jim Harris		1972
Shaft's Big Score!		A Gangster		1972
The Stone Killer	Stuart Margolin	Lawrence		1973
The Stone Killer	Hunter von Leer	Graham		1973
Cleopatra Jones		Thug		1973
The Laughing Policeman	Albert Paulsen	Henry Camerero		1973
Magnum Force	Kip Niven	Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan		1973
Walking Tall	Kenneth Tobey	Augie McCullah		1973
	Arch Johnson	Buel Jaggers
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Robert Shaw	Mr. Blue		1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Martin Balsam	Mr. Green		1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Hector Elizondo	Mr. Grey		1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Earl Hindman	Mr. Brown		1974
Mr. Majestyk		Mobsters		1974
Coonskin		Prison guard		1974
Dog Day Afternoon	John Cazale	"Sal"	With chopped barrel	1975
Shadows in an Empty Room (Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta)		Robbers		1976
The Gauntlet		Hitmen		1977
Black Sunday	Robert Shaw	Major David Kabakov		1977
Black Sunday	Fritz Weaver	FBI agent Sam Corley		1977
Power Play		Terrorists		1978
Power Play		Soldiers		1978
The Survivors		survivalist school students		1983
Exterminator 2		A thug		1984
Invasion USA		Various terrorists	Some with shortened barrels	1985
Hold-Up		Montreal police		1985
Miami Supercops	Terence Hill	Doug Bennet		1985
Miami Supercops		Delmann's henchmen		1985
Band of the Hand	Al Shannon	Dorcy	.	1986
Last Action Hero		Mobster at funeral		1993
Hollow Point		Chinese Mafia		1996
We Own the Night		NYPD ESU officers		2007
Street Kings	Cle Shaheed Sloan	Fremont		2008
The Dark Knight	Heath Ledger	The Joker		2008
Black Dynamite		Henchmen		2009
Black Dynamite	Michael Jai White	Black Dynamite		2009
Elephant White			in weapons cache, said to be used by Lee Marvin in Prime Cut	2010
Sinners and Saints		gangster		2010
Sicario		cartel gunman		2015

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note/Episode	Date
Miami Vice				1985
Miami Vice	Sonny Landham	Toad	"Viking Bikers From Hell"	1986
The A-Team				1984-1989
Tour of Duty	Ramon Franco	Pvt. Ruiz		1989-1990
Hawaii Five-0		Thugs	"La O Na Makuahine" (S3E01), "Hookman" (S3E15)	2012-2013

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Mafia III				2016

See Also

• Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.