The ML-63 is a

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manufactured by the Buenos Aires-based

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Overview

The ML-63 is chambered in 9mm Parabellum and is fed from a 30-round magazine. The ML-63 also came with a fixed wooden stock, which appears to be based primarily on the

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Submachine Gun. An integrally suppressed version was also made. A number of ML-63 submachine guns were found by the British during the

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in 1982.

References

External links

www.defenseonline.com.cnwww.renar.gov.arwww.zonamilitar.com.ar
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