The MKS is a gas-operated, select-fire rifle of the
5.56×45mm NATO
The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, but often pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal. It consists of the SS109, L110, and ...
caliber and was manufactured in Sweden by
Interdynamics AB. It featured a magazine insert that acted as the pistol grip similar to the
Uzi
The Uzi (; he, עוזי, Ūzi; officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment of the ...
submachine gun but was found uncomfortable to handle, therefore it never entered mass production.
Overview
The MKS was a gas-operated select fire
rifle
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...
chambered for the
5.56 mm NATO cartridge and was capable of firing around 750/1,100 RPM. It featured rotating barrel locking and was the first gun made by Interdynamics in 1979. Tests in the Philippines proved the gun too uncomfortable for the average shooter to fire well and it never made it beyond the prototype stage.
See also
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List of assault rifles
An assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies. Some rifles listed ...
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Wimmersperg Spz - older weapon with similar configuration
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AO-46 (firearm)
The AO-46 was a gas-operated 5.45×39mm caliber, compact carbine/ assault rifle prototype. It features a folding stock and the trigger is located just in front of the magazine, which doubles as a pistol grip. In order to minimize the length of th ...
References
External links
Modern Firearms - Interdynamics MKS
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5.56×45mm NATO assault rifles
Assault rifles of Sweden
Personal defense weapons
Trial and research firearms of Sweden