Carl - Gustaf Submachine Gun M45 Manual

FURSVARETS FABRIKSVERK 
SUBMACHINE GUN 
Carl - Gustaf  

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FldRSVARETS FABRIKSVERK 
SWEDEN 
Head office: 
FORSVARETS FABRIKSSTYRELSE 
Address: Birger Jorlsgatan 7, Stockholm 7 
Cable address: BFabriksverketB. Tel. 22 36 60 
Factories: 
CARL GUSTAFS STADS GEVXRSFAKTORI, Eskilstuna 
small arms etc. 
AMMUNlTlONSFABRlKEN KARLSBORG, Karlsborg 
ammunition for small arms, aircraft machine guns etc. 
AMMUNITIONSFABRIKEN ZAKRISDAL, Karlstad 
fuzes, detonators, primers, cartridge-cases for 
artillery am etc. 
CENTRALA TORPEDVERKSTADEN, Motala 
torpedoes 
AKERS KRUTBRUK,...

CONTENTS 
SHORT DESCRIPTION 
Inlroduction ................ 5 
General feotures .............. 5 
Principal parts ............... 8 
HANDLING 
How the gun works 
............. 9 
Safety 
.................. 10 
Filling of the magozine 
............ 11 
Loading 
................. 11 
Making the gun empty 
............ 12 
Semiautomatic and automatic fire 
........ 13 
Manner of carrying 
............. 14 
Dismantling and assembling 
.......... 15 
Folding of the butt stock 
........... 17 
Cleaning...

Fig 3. The gun, right ride. 
The butt stock folded.  

SHORT DESCRIPTION 
of submachine gun Carl - Gustaf 
Introduction. The submachine gun, Carl-Gustaf, is a small compact 
weapon of light weight and sound construction. It is 
magazine fed and operated on the blow back - heavy 
bolt system. It can be fired in any position. 
General 
features. Caliber: 
Magazine: 
Ballistics: 
Range: 
Rate of fire: 
Weights: 
Dimensions: 
Accessories : 9 mm Parabellum 
Exchangeable magazine of box type, 
capacity 36 cartridges, filled by hond 
Weight of bullet about 7,5 g...

BUTT STOCK 
-1 
Buffer 
BACK PIECE   ? 
RECOIL SPRING 
COCKfNG HANDLE 
Rear sight spring 
\I  1 
REAR SIGHT --. 
RECEIVER  
Firing pin 
Barrel rlcevc nut ----. 
BARREL SLEEVE ---. 
BARREL  
Front sight spring , 
FRONT SIGHT --.  

Principal 
parts. The weapon has the following principal parts: 
barrel, 
barrel sleeve, 
receiver with back piece and firing mechanism, 
pistol grip, 
butt stock, 
front sight and rear sight, 
bolt with cocking handle and recoil spring and 
magazine. 
The barrel is mounted in the receiver and is secured by 
the barrel sleeve. Dismantling see page 15. 
The barrel sleeve is provided with a nut for screwing 
on to the receiver.‘) On the barrel sleeve there are 
front sight with catch spring, front sight...

The bolP) has an action face with an integral firing 
pin in the front part, feed rib and slots for- extractor 
and ejector. On the underside at the back there are 
a cocking bent and a transverse hole, in which the 
cocking handle is mounted. The rear part is shaped as 
a support for the recoil spring. The extractor is movable 
against a spring being held by a plate. The bolt can 
be locked in the front position by pressing the cocking 
handle into a hole on the left side of the receiver. 
The magazine...