Original Egyptian Akaba Carl Gustaf m/45 Display Submachine Gun SMG with Barrel Jacket & Magazine Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Egyptian Akaba or Aqaba variation of the Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45. This example has been rendered totally inert and non-firing to BATF specifications making this a totally legal non-firing m/45. It is made using original parts attached to a solid steel dummy receiver, painted a lovely gunmetal gray color. Included with this excellent example is a fully functional original service worn Carl Gustav type magazine (deactivated where required).

The display SMG is marked correctly on the lower frame with AKABA 9mm MADE IN U.A.R., and has the simplified telescoping butt stock. However the front has a ventilated barrel jacket, which was mostly done away with for the simplified “Akaba” version. This may mean it is a transitional example, or that it was later retrofitted. Also please note that there is no barrel of any kind in this display machine gun.

The Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45 and the Swedish K SMG, is a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun (SMG) designed by Gunnar Johnsson, adopted in 1945 (hence the m/45 designation), and manufactured at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The m/45 was the standard submachine gun of the Swedish Army from 1945 to 1965. It was gradually replaced in Swedish service by updated Ak 4 battle rifles and Ak 5 assault rifles. The last official user of the m/45, the Swedish Home Guard (Hemvärnet), retired it from service in April 2007.

The m/45 SMG was developed in 1944–45, with a design borrowing from and also improving on many design elements of earlier submachine guns. The sheet metal stamping techniques used in making the German MP 40, the British Sten, and the Soviet PPSh-41 and PPS-43 were studied in detail.[citation needed] Two designs were tested in 1944, one from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori and one from Husqvarna Vapenfabriks and the prototype from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori was chosen for further development. The first production version was adopted in 1945 as the Kpist m/45. The Danish Hovea M/49 SMG, although similar in appearance, is not a version derived from the m/45. The Hovea was a development of the failed test contender (fm44) from Husqvarna.

The m/45 has been manufactured under license in Egypt as the Port Said. The tooling needed for production, as well as technical assistance, was sold by Sweden to Egypt during the 1950s. The Port Said looks and functions exactly as the m/45.