An Australian soldier with an F1 submachine gun during a training exercise in 1967
Type
Submachine gun
Place of origin
Australia
Service history
In service
1963–1991
Used by
See Users
Wars
Vietnam War Sino-Vietnamese War[1]
Production history
Designed
1962
Manufacturer
Lithgow Small Arms Factory
Produced
1963–1973
No. built
25,136
Specifications
Mass
3.7 kg (Empty) 4.30 kg (Loaded)
Length
714 mm
Barrel length
198 mm
Cartridge
9×19mm Parabellum
Caliber
9 mm
Action
Blowback, Open bolt
Rate of fire
600–640 rounds/min
Effective firing range
150 m
Maximum firing range
100–200 m
Feed system
34-round Sterling SMG compatible box magazine
Sights
Offset iron sights
The F1 is a 9x19mm Australian submachine gun manufactured by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory.[2] First issued to Australian troops in July 1963, it replaced the Owen machine carbine.
Like the Owen, the F1 had a distinctive top mounted magazine. It had a robust and simple design, but "never gained popularity with those using it"[3] and in Vietnam it was later largely replaced by the American 5.56mm M16A1 rifle. The F1 was retired in the early 1990s and replaced by the F88C Austeyr, an Australian-built version of the Steyr AUG rifle.
Some 25,000 were produced by Lithgow from 1962–73. While the F1 is no longer used by Australia, a shipment of F1s was also donated to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary by Australia.[4]
^"浴火重生——对越自卫反击战对我国轻武器发展的影响". 23 September 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^Modern Firearms' F1 submachine gun. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
^Cite error: The named reference lithgow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Capie, David (2004). Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific. Wellington: Victoria University Press. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-0864734532.
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