M45 Gustav

Shooting the M45 Gustav. One of my favorite submachine guns.

[@72mossy]

My father was in the Irish Army and had a Gustav in the Congo in 1961 with the UN. He was also a Bren Gunner.

[@nutbagged1]

72mossy, my dad was there with him. Was your dad military police?

[@Bot101101]

Rugged design and simple operation, timeless in my opinion. Really well balanced too.

[@hinken3716]

You're holding it wrong. You're meant to hold it just in front of the magazine

[@hinken3716]

@@dkfdhdsj6261 driving with your feet also works but its not right.

[@oksobatdunguygy]

​@@hinken3716online army expert 😱😱😱

[@pierrebengtsson5009]

He is right though.... risk of missfire/jamming if holding it like that. Why I say so??? It was my service gun in military back in -88, so I guess I can call that real life experience... no? =) =) =) AND if you wanna have fun with it, insert 2 springs in it ofr the bolt or a fitting battery and you get higher RoF.

[@MrLulzmaker]

Smells really good

[@tommyhammar825]

Man ska inte hålla i magasinet!

[@454FatJack]

Jag ha haft aldrig problemer i min🇸🇪tjej. Tråst allt en Finne igen.😊

[@RegiRanka]

HÅLL INTE I MAGASINET!

[@TheGrace020]

Badass

[@lapplandsjagare]

Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@ludvigfrestadius8653]

I have seen too many pictures and videos of Americans holding the mag now. Fucking hell.

[@hizzlefix1781]

Hurts my eyes to se a man in greens violate the nice gun like that.

[@Mattebubben]

Thanks for the video =). That gun is a beauty. Sure she might not be to pretty but shes beautifull where it counts!

[@masterpokeball7368]

It’s cause it is an egyptian clone

[@willjohngibbs]

Nice

[@spiderjerusalem8284]

I heard stories that this gun was used in Vietnam, and even fired underwater.

[@mrwehraboo5478]

It was not used in vietnam but usa made a lisence copy of this. The underwater thing dont i know about but i have heard that it was good when you came out of the water becuse it shot very fast

[@GertEbolaOlsson]

@@mrwehraboo5478 It was used in cover operations during the Vietnam war where the origin of weapons was essential, if found by enemy. Sweden was/is neutral, hence the choice. It also, as you write, fired rapidly once out of water, as compared to other weapons of the time.

[@454FatJack]

@@mrwehraboo5478 S&W 1976 came too late. M/45 was used. Green Baret Capt Thorne Shineing Brass 1965 MIA , found 1999, now at Arlington. He was 🇫🇮Captain too and 🇫🇮”med for honor” also SS- jagd ferband trained , 3. Rank of ”captain”

[@sakohunting2783]

Carl Gustav m/45 is the correct name

[@rogertheartfuldodger]

What is its maximum range of accuracy?

[@goranhallin3436]

Funky TrunkMonkey sight are adjustiable from 100 to 300 meters, distans max 1800 meters, velocity about 425 m/s whith special design m39/b bullet still in use, it's a 9mm, developt by the Swedish army under the Congo crise, needed a bullet Who could penatration bodyarmour class IIIA, 50 layers of kevelar, 7 cm of bricka and 25 cm wood, i short from 300 m it works but not easy, close quaters is to prefer, but i did like it, god in close combat whith 36 bullet in The magazine☺

[@Dimetropteryx]

About 3 meters in those hands, apparently.

[@72mossy]

My father had one of these in the Congo in 1961. He was in the Irish Army and served with the UN. He was also a Bren Gunner. Saw action with both.

[@MrJohnm1965]

Why not .45acp?

[@erikahl7934]

MrJohnm1965 beacuse Fuck 45 ??

[@DustGamezX]

Don't hold the magazine...

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree4473]

Brother of the mp-40

[@mikaelanteskogadler9568]

What? No. The m/45 is basically a slightly shorter Suomi m/31 adapted to be cheap and mass produced, with the addition of a straight magazine that could be hand-loaded without tools in the field. The Suomi m/31 used the same system as the MP-18. They're distant cousins, not brothers.

[@whackycracker1987]

why the fuck would you paint it black? if you ask me the color is suppost to be swedish army green.

[@CBDuRietz]

The original m/45 was black (not painted, though), as well as the Egyptian license built version. It's the m/45B version that was painted green. The gun in the clip is probably the Egyptian version, called Port Said.

[@whackycracker1987]

@@CBDuRietz Yes, I realize that it probably is the port Said. However I had no idea that the very original M/45 was just black.

[@pimpompoom93726]

Low rate of fire.

[@erikahl7934]

Phil low rate of thinking

[@Maxlerius]

Its a russian PPS, at least based on it

[@whackycracker1987]

was this a joke? because that IS a M/45 Carl Gustav.

[@454FatJack]

Suomi 🇫🇮KP-44 is 9mm is copy of Sudajev. 🇸🇪did not buy this like m/31 they did. Swede had better design also mastermind 36box mag. Lapua 🇫🇮made licence 36 /m1955 carry loop in mag. Swede no loop m/45,🇫🇮m/54