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* '''Caliber''': 9mm (MAC-9, with Sten mags), .45 ACP(MAC-10, with M3 grease gun mags), .380 ACP (MAC-11) | * '''Caliber''': 9mm (MAC-9, with Sten mags), .45 ACP(MAC-10, with M3 grease gun mags), .380 ACP (MAC-11) | ||
| − | + | The Military Arament Corporation series guns were originally built as submachine guns during the Vietnam War as weapons for tank operators, as the MAC-10. They were cheaply built using stamped steel parts and used old [[M3A1 "Grease Gun"]] magazines. It proved unsucessful do to its extremely high 1200rpm firing rate, its unreliability, its inaccuracy, and lack of proper front grip, leading to a common accident with this gun. The firer would do one of two thing. They would either slip their hands over the muzzle while firing, or they would fire it with one hand. With one hand, the muzzle rise would become too great, and the shooter would desperately grasp for the front, resulting in hand injury. To fix this problem, either a working or mock suppressor is threaded to the barrel, adding much more length to grab. During that time, they also developed a 9mm model, designated MAC-9, using old [[Sten]] magazines. The MAC-9 was a short lived submachine gun and has since become obsolete to the MAC-11, Cobray M11/9 and varients. It proved to be much easier to control than a .45 caliber gun though. Later, a .380 model was built, making it even more controllable. The MAC-10 stayed popular with SWAT teams all the way until the 1980s, when the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] and its varients replaced it as far more reliable weapons. Today, MAC-10s have been reduced to civilian sales as semi-auto pistols, being reproduced as Ingram MAC-9s, MAC-10s, and the most popular Cobray series. Like said, the MAC-9 is the least common, and is seldom seen in films, but the MAC-10 is a legend in films, as are the Cobray models. | |
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| + | '''MAC-9? There is no model called the MAC-9. The 9mm version of the MAC-10 is called the MAC-10/9. I have one and that's what it says on the receiver. And I don't know of any that used STEN magazines. The portion of the STEN magazine the inserts into the well is too big. I just tried to put a STEN mag into both a MAC-10 in .45 and 9mm. It doesn't fit. The 9mm MAC magazines are original factory made MAC 9mm magazines. see: http://www.firearmsid.com/Feature%20Articles/012001/Mac10History.htm''' [[User:MoviePropMaster2008|MoviePropMaster2008]] | ||
== MAC-10 == | == MAC-10 == | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 9 September 2008
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 a Mac-10, MAC is an abbreviation for Military Armament Corporation.
Information
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Operation: Open bolt, Blow Back
- Abreviation: Military Arament Corporation Model 10 (M.A.C-10/MAC-10)
- Cyclic Rate: ~1200rpm
- Caliber: 9mm (MAC-9, with Sten mags), .45 ACP(MAC-10, with M3 grease gun mags), .380 ACP (MAC-11)
The Military Arament Corporation series guns were originally built as submachine guns during the Vietnam War as weapons for tank operators, as the MAC-10. They were cheaply built using stamped steel parts and used old M3A1 "Grease Gun" magazines. It proved unsucessful do to its extremely high 1200rpm firing rate, its unreliability, its inaccuracy, and lack of proper front grip, leading to a common accident with this gun. The firer would do one of two thing. They would either slip their hands over the muzzle while firing, or they would fire it with one hand. With one hand, the muzzle rise would become too great, and the shooter would desperately grasp for the front, resulting in hand injury. To fix this problem, either a working or mock suppressor is threaded to the barrel, adding much more length to grab. During that time, they also developed a 9mm model, designated MAC-9, using old Sten magazines. The MAC-9 was a short lived submachine gun and has since become obsolete to the MAC-11, Cobray M11/9 and varients. It proved to be much easier to control than a .45 caliber gun though. Later, a .380 model was built, making it even more controllable. The MAC-10 stayed popular with SWAT teams all the way until the 1980s, when the Heckler & Koch MP5 and its varients replaced it as far more reliable weapons. Today, MAC-10s have been reduced to civilian sales as semi-auto pistols, being reproduced as Ingram MAC-9s, MAC-10s, and the most popular Cobray series. Like said, the MAC-9 is the least common, and is seldom seen in films, but the MAC-10 is a legend in films, as are the Cobray models.
MAC-9? There is no model called the MAC-9. The 9mm version of the MAC-10 is called the MAC-10/9. I have one and that's what it says on the receiver. And I don't know of any that used STEN magazines. The portion of the STEN magazine the inserts into the well is too big. I just tried to put a STEN mag into both a MAC-10 in .45 and 9mm. It doesn't fit. The 9mm MAC magazines are original factory made MAC 9mm magazines. see: http://www.firearmsid.com/Feature%20Articles/012001/Mac10History.htm MoviePropMaster2008
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 barrel)
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
- PIRA terrorists in The Devil's Own
Television
- Keifer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer in 24
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)
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
MAC-11
Television
- Frank Grillo as Albert "Mr. Pig" Roman and Christine Evangelista as Ashley Beck in The Kill Point
Video Games
Cobray M11/9
Film
- Julian Arahanga as Apoc in The Matrix
- Chinese gangsters in The Departed
- Mad Dog in Hard Boiled
- Tulley (Dave Chappelle) in Blue Streak
- A Chinese mobster in Hollow Point
Television
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode "Random Acts of Violence")