Weapon type: Submachine gun Manufacturer: Kogyo Industries Operation: Blowback, full- or semi-auto fire Weight (w/o magazine): 2 kg Weight (30-round magazine): .8 kg Weight (50-round magazine): 1 kg Weight (80-round magazine): 1.2 kg Length: 65 cm Caliber: 9 mm Type of Fire: Single shot, selective burst, or full-auto Rate of Fire: 800 rpm Magazine: 30-, 50-, or 80-round staggered box magazine Reload Time: 10 seconds Effective Ranges Full auto/sindle shot or burst: Short: 20/25 m. Medium: 40/50 m. Long: 70/100 m. Weapon Reliability: 98% Base Cost: Cb 80 Reload Cost: (30-round magazine): Cb 6 (50-round magazine): Cb 10 (80-round magazine): Cb 16 Notes The KK-SPW has achieved considerable notoriety throughout the Inner Sphere as the lean, dangerous- looking combat weapon favored by Kurita BattleMech, special ops, and security forces. Featuring fully selective fire, the weapon can be set to deliver single shots or bursts of 2, 3, 4, or more rounds, as well as full-auto fire. Silenced versions are available, or the barrel of the unsilenced model can be removed and replaced by a highly-efficient suppressor which makes the weapon virtually inaudible at ranges greater than 30 meters. One silenced model, the KK 920s-K, features a builtin, retractable snaplock bayonet. Though considered by most arms experts to be largely ornamental, the SMG's bayonet has added to theweapon's auraofdeadly menace, and enhancesthe psychological advantage of the soldier wielding it. The KK 920s-K is favored by several Kurita elite units, including Kurita's personal Guard. The weapon's sole disadvantage it its clumsiness when used with the 80-round magazine, which is so long that it is impossible to fire from the prone position and awkward to handle in tight corners. Many Draco veterans choose instead to tape two 30-round magazines side-by-side, top-to-bottom, to allow surer and more rapid reloading. The design of the KK 920 makes it a rugged, dependable, and highly lethal weapon. More Submachine Guns Introduction Bereiter M 14 Imperator Submachine Gun Rugan Submachine Gun Rorynex Submachine Gun Kogyo-Khorsakov Special Purpose Weapon, M-920 Thorvald & Koch Submachine Gun Back to BattleTechnology 2 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1987 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com