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The CETME C2 has many design features that make it appear as if it was a Sterling SMG however, none of the CETME C2's parts are interchangeable with that of a Sterling. [4] It is open bolt and is often fitted with a 30-round or 32-round straight magazine with the magazine well not being fully perpendicular with the receiver.
The CETME Model A in 7.62 CETME and 7.62 NATO was also demonstrated to the French, Swedes and Italians in 1955. [31] From 1957, the Dutch company Nederlandse Wapen en Munitiefabriek also demonstrated the CETME/H&K Model B rifle to the Royal Netherlands Army , the Netherlands Marine Corps , Finland (chambered in 7.62×39mm ), [ 32 ] Ecuador and ...
The weapon will also mount a knife-type bayonet. The Model L's fixed stock, pistol grip and handguard are made of a high-strength lightweight plastic. The rifle strips down into the following components for regular maintenance and cleaning: the receiver, stock, pistol grip and trigger group, handguard, bolt, bolt carrier and recoil mechanism.
A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...
CETME rifle – A Spanish 7.62mm battle rifle; Heckler & Koch G3 – A German 7.62mm battle rifle derived from the CETME; Howa Type 64 – A Japanese 7.62mm battle rifle; Small Arms Weapons Effects Simulator - Infrared training device used in the 1980s used in conjunction with the L1A1 SLR; T48 rifle – An American 7.62mm battle rifle
The latter company already had ties to CETME, and had worked to further optimize the CETME rifle for use with the full-power 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge (as opposed to the downgraded CETME variant). In 1969, Rheinmetall gave up production rights to the G3 in exchange for Heckler & Koch's promise not to bid on MG 3 machine gun production.
CETME (Spanish: Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales, lit. 'Centre for Technical Studies of Special Materials') [1] is a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in many projects CETME was mostly known for its small arms research and development.
While designing the CETME Modelo B and under recommendation of Heckler & Koch, the decision was made that the updated version of the original CETME Modelo A would chamber the more powerful 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. When the Modelo B was adopted by the Spanish military as the Modelo 58 in 1958, 7.62×51mm CETME was the standard rifle cartridge ...