The Colt 9mm SMG, also known as the Colt Model 635 or Colt M635, is a 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun manufactured by Colt, based on the M16 rifle. [5] The Colt 9mm SMG is a closed bolt, blowback operated SMG, rather than the conventional direct impingement gas operation of the standard 5.56×45mm M16 type rifle. [6] .

Aug 5, 2008 · The Colt 9mm SMG disassembles in the same fashion as the 5.56mm counter part with the major difference being the bolt carrier group. The 2nd and 3rd generation one-piece magazine well adapter designed and patented by Colt’s Art Daigle.

Apr 5, 2023 · The Colt SMG is an AR derivative built into what’s essentially a CAR-15-sized weapon. The original Colt SMG used a 10.5-inch barrel. The Colt SMGs had CAR-15-style collapsible stocks and could be very compact packages. This gun premiered in 1982, and for 1982, it was ultra small.

Nov 15, 2024 · Naturally, they wanted to stay on brand and keep the CAR-15 layout, but they revised the gun into a 9mm submachine gun. Colt chose the 9mm round since it was the NATO pistol round in the 1980s. According to Christopher Bartocci of Small Arms Review, the project was given to Colt Senior Engineer Henry Tatro.

Oct 5, 2021 · The Model 635 - generically called the "Colt 9mm SMG" - retained the general design lines of the classic M16 U.S. military assault rifle (its own design based on the AR-15). It shared some qualities from the earlier Vietnam War-era Colt "Commando" assault carbine.

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Oct 15, 2018 · Basically a 9mm take on the Colt 733 Commando model with a 10.5-inch barrel set up to run in 9mm, the Colt Model 635 SMG was the company’s answer to the most popular sub guns of the...

The resulting Colt 9mm Submachine Gun retained the characteristic M16 lower and upper receivers and operating controls. The biggest changes were the elimination of the gas system in favor of a simpler direct blowback design and the caliber switch to 9x19mm.

The Colt 9mm Submachine Gun (SMG) is exceptionally well suited for law enforcement organizations requiring a light weight, compact, highly concealable, select fire weapon system for close confrontations.