Caliber 45ACP
Rate of fire 700 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity 17 or 30 rounds
Magazine capacity 17 or 30 rounds
Halcon M/943 submachine gun (Pistola ametralladora Halcón, modelo 1943)
was developed by Argentinean arms-making company Fabrica de Armas
Halcon. It was manufactured for Argentinean army and police; lighter and
more compact variant of the same weapon was manufactured as Halcon
M/946 for Argentinean Air Forces (Carabina ametralladora Halcón, modelo Aeronáutica Argentina 1946). This weapon is rarely encountered outside of South America.
The Halcon M/943 submachine gun is a simple blowback weapon that fires
from open bolt. Weapon can fire single shots and full automatic, thanks
to the fire mode selector, located on the left side above the trigger.
Charging handle is also located on the left side and does not move when
gun is fired. Halcon M/943 submachine gun is fitted with heavily finned
barrel and a massive muzzle compensator, and has a wooden pistol grip /
buttstock of peculiar shape. The Halcon M/946 submachine gun was similar
in design except that it had a shorter barrel and a MP40-type underfolding buttstock.
