The Colt 9mm SMG, also known as the Colt Model 635 or Colt M635, is a

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manufactured by

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, based on the M16 rifle.

Design details

The Colt 9mm SMG is a closed bolt, blowback operated SMG, rather than the conventional direct impingement gas operation of the standard 5.56×45mm M16 type rifle. As a closed bolt weapon, the Colt SMG is inherently more accurate than

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weapons such as the Israeli UZI. The overall aesthetics are identical to most M16 type rifles. Changes include a large plastic brass deflector protruding from the rear quarter of the ejection port, and a correspondingly shorter dust cover. Factory Colt 9mm SMGs are equipped with a 10.5 inch length barrel and have an

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style upper receiver, which means they feature a fixed carry handle, no forward assist and A1 sights (with 50 and 100 meter settings). The magazine well of the receiver is modified with pinned-in blocks to allow the use of smaller 9 mm magazines. The magazines themselves are a copy of the UZI magazine, modified to fit the Colt and lock the bolt back after the last shot.

Variants

Current Colt production models are the R0635 (RO635) which features a Safe/Semi/Full Auto

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trigger group and the R0639(RO639) which features a Safe/Semi/3-round Burst selective fire trigger group. Both are equipped with a 10.5 inch length barrel. The 633 was a modified compact version with a barrel, hydraulic buffer and simplified front sight post used by the DEA. The most common model is the 635, the latest version of which are simply marked SMG 9mm NATO. Until early 2010s, there are newer variants, R0991(RO991), R0992(RO992) and R6951 are introduced. The R0991 features Safe/Semi/Full Auto selective fire is constructed with Rail Integration System (RIS)

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on the flat-top receiver as well as around the barrel which allows the easy mounting of ancillary devices, has 10.5" barrel and equipped with a third generation composite buttstock; The R0992 has almost all the same features to the R0991, except the selective fire mode is Safe/Semi/3-round Burst only; The R6951 has almost all the same features of the R0991 and R0992, but doesn't have selective fire and has a 16.1" barrel instead of the 10.5" one. A suppressed variant known as the "DEA model" exists that uses an integral Knights Armament Company made suppressor covered with an M16A2 handguard.

Users

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. Also used by the

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, Los Angeles Police Department

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, U.S. Dept of Justice- Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and a number of other federal agencies. The Drug Enforcement Administration was previously issued with them, but no longer in service. United States Department of Energy used them for protection of nuclear weapons and facilities.

Gallery

Image:Colt SMG 635.jpg, Colt SMG 635 left side File:Colt 9mm SMG 635 10.JPG, Colt SMG 635 right side Image:Eds_Colt_SMG_635_left_side_with_M2_sight.jpg, Colt SMG 635, ML 2 Sight, Colt mount, and a magazine Image:Eds_Colt_SMG_635_right_side,_ML_2_sight,_Colt_mount.jpg, Colt SMG 635, ML 2 Sight, Colt mount

References

Notes

External links

Chuck Taylor's report on Colt SMGColt Defense
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