Engineering:M1947 Johnson auto carbine

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M1947 Johnson auto carbine
TypeSemi-automatic rifle
Place of originUnited States
Production history
DesignerMelvin Johnson
Designed1947
No. built5
Specifications
Mass8 3/4 lbs
Length38ins
Barrel length22 in (560 mm)

Cartridge.30-06 Springfield
ActionShort recoil
Rate of fireSemi automatic
Muzzle velocity2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s)
Feed system10 round cylindrical magazine
25-round, single stack-column box magazine

The M1947 Johnson auto carbine is a semi-automatic derivative of the M1941 Johnson machine gun. It was intended as a replacement of the M1 rifle but not accepted.[1] The auto carbine never got past the prototype stage, only five of them ever being made.

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