The Navy SEALs’ Banned Subgun

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled "The Navy SEALs’ Banned Subgun" and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/the-navy-seals-banned-subgun/.

 

[HansGruber]

A friend has a S&W M76…it’s fun, but he’d get rid of it for a K in a heartbeat.

 

[HayesGreener]

The Swedish K was in high demand in Saigon when I was there-it was used to good effect at the Embassy during Tet Offensive in 1968. I only saw SOF troops and OGA with them.

 

[HansGruber]

The Swedish K was in high demand in Saigon when I was there-it was used to good effect at the Embassy during Tet Offensive in 1968. I only saw SOF troops and OGA with them.
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Nice Beretta M12 there, too…

 

[Annihilator]

Interesting and good read, thanks Mike

 

[A Team]

Does any Vegas gun range have any to rent to shoot??

 

[innocuous]

Very interesting, thanks for the article!

 

[Frogman]

Having been on the “Teams” I don’t ever remember the Swedish K being “banned,”newer SMG’s would better fit new mission requirements. However, the Swedish K, though heavy, was a sweetheart. It was very accurate and sustantialy better than S&W’s M76. In -country, we had only one Swedish K and there’d be a big squabble as to who carried it on the next mission! Absolutely, the best SMG we had in Vietnam. I’d still carry one to this day.
Frogman French

 

[Bassbob]

Having been on the “Teams” I don’t ever remember the Swedish K being “banned,”newer SMG’s would better fit new mission requirements. However, the Swedish K, though heavy, was a sweetheart. It was very accurate and sustantialy better than S&W’s M76. In -country, we had only one Swedish K and there’d be a big squabble as to who carried it on the next mission! Absolutely, the best SMG we had in Vietnam. I’d still carry one to this day.
Frogman French

Welcome to the forum Frogman and thank you for your service sir.

 

[bigx5murf]

Does any Vegas gun range have any to rent to shoot??

Batllefield LV has Stens

 

[Mika_NoAngelo]

The title states 'Banned' but there's no mention in the article. What happened?

 

[Snake45]

I would LOVE it if the next CO2/BB full-auto coming out of Taiwan were the Swedish K. In the meantime, I'm patiently awaiting my upcoming (hopefully) M3A1.

 

[HansGruber]

The title states 'Banned' but there's no mention in the article. What happened?

Sweden banned them for export to the US.

 

[A Team]

Saw subgun used n Tour of Duty TV serial when unit was with SOG force in serial on H&I Sat PM

 

[Recusant]

Then there is the MK Arms Model 760 SMG is known as a transferable clone of the Smith and Wesson M-76. Interestingly the MK-760 was also made in semiautomatic-only versions. I almost bought one in the mid-80s as they cost less than $800 before the law changed. I believe one reason the Smith 76 fell out of favor was that replacement parts became hard to fine after Smith discontinued making the M-76.