Type 05

Type 05 JS (Jian She)
Caliber 5.8x21mm DAP92-5.8 9x19mm DAP92-9 (9mm Luger/Para)
Weight 2.2 kg empty 2.1 kg empty
Length 500 mm 450 mm
Barrel length n/a n/a
Rate of fire n/a n/a
Magazine capacity 50 rounds 30 rounds
Effective range 150-200 m 100-150 m Selengkapnya...

MP-5A2

MP-5A2 : MP-5A3
Caliber 9x19mm Parabellum (also .40S&W and 10mm Auto)
Weight, empty 2.54 kg : 2.88 kg
Length 680 mm : 490 / 660 mm
Barrel length 225 mm
Rate of fire 800 rounds per minute
Magazines 15 and 30 rounds Selengkapnya...

FMK-3 (Argentina)

FMK-3 (Argentina)

Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 3.40 kg empty
Lenght (stock closed/open): 523 / 693 mm
Barrel lenght: 290 mm
Rate of fire: 650 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 25, 32 and 40 rounds
Effective range: 100 meters

The FMK-3 submachine gun was developed by Fabricaciones Militares company of Argentina circa 1974 and is being manufactured by Small Arms factory of Domingo Matheu. It is used by Army and Police of Argentina, and also, in semi-automatic version is sold to civilians under the name of FMK-5.

FMK-3 is a blowback-operated, selective fire submachine gun. It uses telescoped bolt, that sleeves around the rear part of the barrel when closed. Double stak magazine is inserted into the pistol grip. Receiver and pistol grip is made from steel stampings, safety/fire selector switch is located at the left side of the weapon above the pistol grip. There also is an automated grip safety at the rear of the pistol grip. The sights are of flip-up type with "L"-shaped rear sight blade, marked for range of 50 and 100 meters. The retractable buttstock is made from steel wire.

It is said that FMK-3 is quite comfortable to use and accurate in full-auto, putting all hits into 125 mm (5 inches) groups when firing offhand at 50 meters (short bursts, obviously). Selengkapnya...

Sub-machine Gun 4 The Specials

The submachine gun is an automatic or selective-fired shoulder weapon that fires pistol-caliber ammunition. The concept of submachine gun dates back to World War One; the trench warfare of this war required effective and compact weapons for short-range fighting in trenches; additionally, a lightweight and maneuverable fully automatic weapon was desirable to complement light machine guns in both defensive and offensive scenarios, to cover last 200 meters of assault on enemy positions. The first weapon which can be considered to some extent as the world's first submachine gun was the Italian Villar-Perosa, which was a twin-barreled automatic weapon that fired 9mm Glisenti pistol ammunition from top-mounted box magazines. It was compact, but its primary tactical role was of short-range machine gun; therefore it was usually fired from some sort of mount, and fitted with machine-gun type spade grips instead of more conventional rifle-type stock.


German police officer fires Schmeisser MP.18,I submachine gun (circa 1920) The first true submachine gun was the Bergmann / Schmeisser MP.18,I, which saw some action during closing days of the Great war. This was a shoulder-fired weapon, that set the basic pattern for all following weapons of its class. The inter-war decades produced a significant number of submachine guns, but the tactical niche for these weapons was still unclear for many military experts. It was the Grand Chako war, the Spanish Civil war and Russo-Finnish Winter war of 1940 that proved the viability of submachine guns as general-issue weapons for fighting troops. Nevertheless, regardless of the large number of available models, by the start of World War Two in most armies submachine guns were relegated to secondary role. For example, the very technically advanced Wehrmacht (Hitler's army) issued MP-38 and MP-40 submachine guns to infantry troops in proportion of about one SMG per ten bolt action rifles. It was the Red (Soviet) army which issued PPSh-41 submachine guns as primary infantry weapons to entire companies and battalions. Despite the success of several new submachine guns, developed during the WW2, this war marked the start of decline of submachine guns as primary infantry weapons. The appearance of assault rifle, which, while being only slightly heavier than most SMGs, had much longer effective range, put an abrupt end to infantry use of submachine guns in Soviet army. On the other hand, the NATO countries still issued 9mm submachine guns to many non-infantry units and certain soldiers in infantry (i.e. scouts, machine gun and mortar crews etc) to complement relatively large and heavy semi-automatic or fully-automatic rifles firing powerful 7,62x51 NATO ammunition. The appearance (and wide distribution) of small-caliber assault rifles marked the final phase of history of submachine gun as general-issue infantry weapon. Selengkapnya...

AS Belajar Teritorial di Indonesia Setelah Gagal di Irak

Menjinakkan Irak dengan kekuatan tempur yang luar biasa, AS berpaling hendak memakai strategi penguasaan teritorial. Angkatan Bersenjata AS pun mengirim prajuritnya untuk belajar teritorial ke TNI.

KSAD Jenderal Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo berkisah saat berkunjung ke AS beberapa waktu lalu, dirinya bertemu kepala staf angkatan darat AS. Pimpinan AD AS itu lalu menceritakan keadaan di Irak yang ternyata tidak bisa diselesaikan secara singkat dan memerlukan waktu yang lama.

“Saya bilang, di Indonesia seperti itu diselesaikan dengan pembinaan teritorial. Menurut saya, untuk perang ke depan tidak bisa diselesaikan dengan kekuatan senjata tetapi, barang siapa yang memegang rakyat, itu yang menang dalam perang,” kata Agustadi di Jakarta,Selasa (22/4).

Setelah pembicaraan itu, lanjut Agustadi, AS lalu berencana mengirim perwira untuk menjalani sekolah dan atau kursus pembinaan teritorial di Indonesia. “Jadi kita tahu bersama kita memiliki pola pertahanan di mana sistem pembinaan teritorial sangat besar. Dia tidak minta tolong, tapi ingin menyekolahkan perwiranya ke Indonesia,” imbuh Agustadi.

Mantan Menhankam/Pangab Jenderal (Purn) Wiranto mengatakan sistem teritorial di Indonesia, tatkala sudah tidak lagi tersangkut dengan politik praktis, adalah langkah terbaik dalam rangka pertahanan negara. “Kalau beberapa elemen masyarakat kita mencurigainya, itu yang salah, mengapa bisa begitu? Padahal kekuatan kita ada di sana. Karena dengan wilayah kita yang sangat luas,” ujar Wiranto.

Karena itulah menurut Wiranto, wajar bila kemudian AS belajar strategi teritorial ke TNI apalagi mereka sudah mengalami kegagalan luar biasa di Irak yang masih terus bergejolak dan melawan.

“Apa mempelajari teritorial itu adalah dalam rangka upaya AS mendekati kita khususnya terkait negosiasi NAMRU?” tanya wartawan.

“Kalau soal NAMRU saya tak tahu. Tapi saya kira ketertarikan AS itu sangat riil sekali. Beberapa penugasan tentara kita yang tergabung dalam misi PBB, itu dapat acungan jempol tatkala pasukan kita selalu berhasil dalam penugasan. Pasukan kita menjadi yang terbaik ketika bisa masuk ke masyarakat dengan damai,” jawab Wiranto. Selengkapnya...