New Nambu M66

New Nambu M65/M66
Type Submachine gun
Place of origin  Japan
Service history
In service Japan Self-Defense Forces
(Testing and Trials Only)
Used by Japan Self-Defense Forces
Production history
Designer Shin-Chuō Industries (Now Minebea)
Designed 1965
Manufacturer Shin-Chuō Industries
Number built Prototypes Only
Variants M65, M66
Specifications
Weight 4.08kg (M65)
3.96kg (M66)
Length M65: 763mm (Stock Folded: 501mm)
M66: 756mm (Stock Folded: 504mm)
Barrel length 154mm (M65)
140mm (M66)

Cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum
Caliber 9mm
Action Blowback, Open-Bolt
Rate of fire 550 RPM (M65)
465 RPM (M66)
Feed system 30-Round Detachable Box Magazine
Sights Iron Sight

The New Nambu M65/M66 is a submachine gun of post-World War II Japanese origin manufactured by Shin-Chuō Industries (Formerly Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company; now Minebea). It is a blowback, open-bolt configured weapon chambered in the 9×19mm Parabellum round fed from a thirty-round magazine. The firearm was only tested and produced under trials for the considered replacement of the aging M3 submachine gun that was supplied by the United States Military during the formation of the National Police Reserve after the war.[1]

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