Akaba

CODE – 02-033-974

NAME – Akaba

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Egypt

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1974

CALIBER – 9x19mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 48.3 cm (19 in) Stock collapsed, 73.7 cm (29 in) Stock extended

BARREL LENGTH – 15 cm (5.9 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 6 Groove, Right-hand twist

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.02mm (0.355 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 7.45 g (115 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 381 m/s (1250 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 541 j (399 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.35 kg (7 lb 11.5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4 kg (8 lb 13.1 oz) loaded with 36 rounds

SIGHTS – Open, iron, fixed, Front sight – Bead, Rear sight – Aperture, set for 100 meters (109 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 100 meters (109 yards)

OPERATION – Blowback, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic only

RATE OF FIRE – 100 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 700 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 36 round box magazine, double column, double feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.23 kg (8.1 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.65 kg (1 lb 6.9 oz) loaded with 36 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Five 36-round magazines (180 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 3.25 kg (7 lb 2.6 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Al Maadi Company for Engineering Industries (Factory 54), Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

STATUS – Obsolescent

SERVICE – Egyptian military, still found in terrorist hands