Colt 9mm SMG vs Colt Police Positive Special

Colt 9mm SMG — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Colt 9mm SMG

Submachine gun

Credit

Evers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

Colt Police Positive Special

Revolver

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

730mmstock extended

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.73 m

stock extended

Single source

0.65 m

stock retracted

Single source

730 mm (28.9 in ) ( stock extended) 650 mm (25.6 in) (stock retracted)^[source]

2.61kgw/o magazine

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Mass

All recorded figures & sources

2.61 kg

w/o magazine

Single source

2.61 kg (5.75 lb) w/o magazine^[source]

0.1kmEffective; Effective firing range

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

0.1 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

100 m^[source]

267mm

152mmBarrel length · source measurement 3

Barrel length

All recorded figures & sources

0.2667 m

Barrel length

Single source

10.5 in^[source]

0.1016 m

Barrel length · source measurement 1

Single source

0.127 m

Barrel length · source measurement 2

Single source

0.1524 m

Barrel length · source measurement 3

Single source

4 in (101.6 mm) 5 in (127 mm) 6 in (152.4 mm)^[source]

396m/s(1300) ft/s

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Muzzle velocity

All recorded figures & sources

396 m/s

(1300) ft/s

Single source

396 m/s (1300) ft/s )^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Colt 9mm SMG and Colt Police Positive Special configuration
Specification	Colt 9mm SMG	Colt Police Positive Special
Type	Submachine gun^[source]	Revolver^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1982–present^[source]	1907–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	—
Wars	Invasion of Panama Miami drug war^[source]	Constitutionalist Revolution^[source]
Produced	1982–present^[source]	1907–1995^[source]
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum^[source]	.32 ( .32 Colt New Police , .32-20 Winchester ) .38 NP ( .38 Colt New Police , .38 S&W ) .38 Special ( .38 Special )^[source]
Action	blowback , closed bolt^[source]	Double-action^[source]
Rate of fire	700-1000 round/min^[source]	—
Feed system	20- and 32-round detachable box magazine 100-round Beta C-Mag^[source]	six round cylinder^[source]
Manufacturer	Colt's Manufacturing Company^[source]	Colt's Manufacturing Company^[source]
No. built	—	over 750,000^[source]
Sights	—	Fixed iron; Blade front, V-notch rear^[source]
Reported operators	Reported operator · Argentina Reported operator · Ecuador Reported operator · India Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · United States	—

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Colt 9mm SMG

Colt Police Positive Special

Type

Submachine gun^[source]

Revolver^[source]

Place of origin

United States^[source]

In service

1982–present^[source]

1907–present^[source]

Used by

See Users^[source]

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Wars

Invasion of Panama Miami drug war^[source]

Constitutionalist Revolution^[source]

Produced

1982–present^[source]

1907–1995^[source]

Cartridge

9×19mm Parabellum^[source]

.32 ( .32 Colt New Police , .32-20 Winchester ) .38 NP ( .38 Colt New Police , .38 S&W ) .38 Special ( .38 Special )^[source]

Action

blowback , closed bolt^[source]

Double-action^[source]

Rate of fire

700-1000 round/min^[source]

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Feed system

20- and 32-round detachable box magazine 100-round Beta C-Mag^[source]

six round cylinder^[source]

Manufacturer

Colt's Manufacturing Company^[source]

No. built

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over 750,000^[source]

Sights

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Fixed iron; Blade front, V-notch rear^[source]

Reported operators

Reported operator · Argentina
Reported operator · Ecuador
Reported operator · India
Reported operator · Israel
Reported operator · Malaysia
Reported operator · Mexico
Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · United States

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