Magpul FMG-9
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The Magpul FMG-9 is a prototype for a new generation of folding submachine guns, designed by Magpul Industries
in 2008. Like other folding machine guns, it would be used for concealed carry and can be disguised as anything from a small package to an extra laptop battery. It is made out of a light-weight polymer material rather than metal, making it very light and easy to carry. It is also small enough even to fit in the back pocket of most everyday pants. It was developed for potential use by personal protection details such as the United States Secret Service
. It is still a prototype and may or may not be made in large numbers for law enforcement agencies. The prototype uses a semi-automatic firing mechanism from a 9mm Glock 17 pistol. With modification, the FMG-9 could also use the mechanism of a Glock 18 machine pistol
for Class 3
or law enforcement use.
' PTS (Professional Training and Simulation) Division in cooperation with KSC Corporation released the FPG (Folding Pocket Gun). The FPG is almost identical to the FMG-9 prototype, but contains the firing mechanism of an airsoft
KSC/KWA Glock 18 replica. The FPG fires 6mm pellets
with a magazine capacity of 49.
Magpul Industries
Magpul Industries Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of polymer firearms accessories and concept firearms. The company is based in Erie, Colorado in the United States...
in 2008. Like other folding machine guns, it would be used for concealed carry and can be disguised as anything from a small package to an extra laptop battery. It is made out of a light-weight polymer material rather than metal, making it very light and easy to carry. It is also small enough even to fit in the back pocket of most everyday pants. It was developed for potential use by personal protection details such as the United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
. It is still a prototype and may or may not be made in large numbers for law enforcement agencies. The prototype uses a semi-automatic firing mechanism from a 9mm Glock 17 pistol. With modification, the FMG-9 could also use the mechanism of a Glock 18 machine pistol
Machine pistol
A machine pistol is a handgun-style, often magazine-fed and self-loading firearm, capable of fully automatic or burst fire, and normally chambered for pistol cartridges. The term is a literal translation of Maschinenpistole, the German term for a hand-held automatic weapon...
for Class 3
Federal Firearms License
A Federal Firearms License is a license that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture of firearms and ammunition or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms...
or law enforcement use.
Similar weapons
- Ares FMGARES FMGThe ARES FMG is a folding submachine gun designed by Eugene Stoner while he was an owner of ARES Incorporated. Stoner designed the gun for concealment and covert use, describing it as a “businessman’s personal defense weapon”...
– a 9mm Parabellum folding submachine gun designed by Eugene StonerEugene StonerEugene Morrison Stoner is the man most associated with the design of the AR-15, which was adopted by the US military as the M16...
in the mid 1980s. - UC-M21 – a 9mm Parabellum folding submachine gun designed by Dave Boatman in the late 1980s, it was used in the film Robocop 2RoboCop 2RoboCop 2 is a 1990 science fiction action film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bayer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan...
. - PP-90PP-90The PP-90 is a Russian 9 mm folding submachine gun, developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula for use with special units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs...
– Russian 9mm Makarov folding submachine gun by KBPKBP Instrument Design BureauKBP Instrument Design Bureau is a Russian developer and manufacturer of high-precision weapons. It was established in 1927 in Tula, USSR. Arkady Shipunov has been the Designer General since 1962...
(1990s). - GoblinGoblin submachine gunThe Goblin is a compact concealable folding submachine gun prototype developed in the 1990s by the KB-ST design bureau in Kiev, Ukraine. It was a derivative of the unsuccessful Russian PP-90, itself a copy of the American Ares FMG prototype from 1986...
– a Ukrainian prototype based on PP-90.
Airsoft
In 2009, Magpul IndustriesMagpul Industries
Magpul Industries Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of polymer firearms accessories and concept firearms. The company is based in Erie, Colorado in the United States...
' PTS (Professional Training and Simulation) Division in cooperation with KSC Corporation released the FPG (Folding Pocket Gun). The FPG is almost identical to the FMG-9 prototype, but contains the firing mechanism of an airsoft
Airsoft
Airsoft is a sport in which participants shoot round non-metallic pellets launched via replica firearms.Gameplay varies in style and composition but often range from short-term skirmishes, organized scenarios, military simulations, historical reenactments, to competition target shooting events...
KSC/KWA Glock 18 replica. The FPG fires 6mm pellets
Airsoft pellets
Airsoft pellets or BBs are spherical projectiles used in Airsoft gun models. Typically made of plastic, they usually range in size from 5.93 to 5.98 mm in diameter, though select models use 8 mm or 3 mm pellets.- Special Variants :...
with a magazine capacity of 49.
External links
- Magpul FMG-9 at the Internet Movie Firearms Database