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LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length · "Maximum"
Single source914 mm (36.0 in) ("Maximum")[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length
Configuration
| Specification | LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System | PPS submachine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle Battle rifle[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Type | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2015 - present[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · In service | 1942–1960s (USSR) 1942–present (other countries)[source] |
PPS-42 stock extended /
Single sourcePPS-42 stock folded
Single sourcePPS-43 stock extended /
Single sourcePPS-43 stock folded
Single sourcePPS-42: 907 mm (35.7 in) stock extended / 641 mm (25.2 in) stock folded PPS-43: 820 mm (32.3 in) stock extended / 615 mm (24.2 in) stock folded[source]
L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single source18 in (457 mm)[source]L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record
16 in (406 mm)[source]Stgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record
12 in (305 mm)[source]Stgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record
PPS-42
Single sourcePPS-43
Single sourcecyclic rate
Single source500–600 rounds/min (cyclic rate)[source]
Approx
Single sourceApprox. 500 m/s (1,640 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer |
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Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Designer |
I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky and A. I. Sudayev[source] |
| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Manufacturer | Sestroretsk Arsenal[source]PPS-42 · mass production from 1943 Sestroretsk Tool Factory[source]PPS-42 · pilot production from December 1942 |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Cartridge The MARS-L (light) assault rifle variants are chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge , and the MARS-H (heavy) battle rifle and designated marksman rifle variants for the 7.62×51mm NATO , 6.5 mm Creedmoor or similar fully powered cartridges .[source]Design · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope MARS-H based designated marksman variant, chambered in 6.5 mm Creedmoor .[source]L129A2 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope Swiss MARS-H-based designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO.[source]7.62mm Zf Stgw 20 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope LMT's MRGG-A is a member of its Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System-Heavy (MARS-H) family, which are commonly described as AR-10-style rifles, but is chambered to fire the 6.5mm Creedmoor round.[source]MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope | 7.62×25mm Tokarev[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt (internal piston, not direct impingement ) or Short-stroke piston[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Action | Blowback , open bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 5.56×45mm NATO : 30-round detachable box magazine 7.62×51mm NATO 20-round detachable box magazine[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Feed system | 35-round detachable box magazine[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1942[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1942–1946 (USSR) 1946–1970s (Poland)[source] |
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| No. built | — | ~2 million (USSR)[source] |
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| Variants | — | PPS-42, PPS-43, M/44, PPS wz. 1943/1952, Type 43[source] |
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| Sights | — | Flip rear sight, fixed blade front sight[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | PPS-43[source] |
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PPS-42: 273 mm (10.7 in) PPS-43: 243 mm (9.6 in)[source]