Port Said
Factory 54 (Maadi Company for Engineering Industries) · Submachine Gun · Out Of Production · 1960
Also known as: Egyptian Swedish K, Maadi Port Said
Overview
The Port Said is the Egyptian licensed copy of the Swedish Carl Gustaf m/45 'Swedish K' submachine gun, produced by the Maadi Company (Factory 54). An exact copy of the m/45, it is a 9x19mm Parabellum, open-bolt, simple-blowback weapon with a side-folding tubular wire stock and a 36-round double-column box magazine. A simplified domestic version was fielded alongside it under the name Akaba.
Specifications
| Weight (empty) | 3350 g (118.2 oz) |
| Overall Length | 808 mm (31.81") |
| Folded Length | 553 mm (21.77") |
| Barrel Length | 212 mm (8.35") |
| Action Type | Blowback |
| Firing Mechanism | Hammer Fired |
| Trigger Type | Single Stage |
| Magazine Capacity | 36 rounds |
| Magazine Type | Detachable Box |
| Muzzle Velocity | 425 m/s (1394 fps) |
| Muzzle Energy | 481 J (355 ft·lbf) |
| Effective Range | 200 m (219 yd) |
| Maximum Range | 250 m (273 yd) |
| Rate of Fire | 600 rpm |
| Barrel Rifling | Right Hand |
| Number of Grooves | 6 |
| Frame Material | Steel |
| Slide Material | Steel |
| Barrel Material | Steel |
| Stock Material | Steel |
| Finish | Phosphate |
Calibers
- 9x19mm Parabellum · primary · 9mm NATO — also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO, 9x19mm
Features
- Firing modes: Full Automatic
- Feed systems: Detachable Box Magazine
- Safety mechanisms: Bolt Handle Safety Slot
- Features: Open Bolt, Folding Wire Stock, Side Folding Stock, Double Column Double Feed Magazine, Tubular Receiver
Variants
- Carl Gustaf m/45 (Swedish original) — Parent Design
- Akaba (simplified Egyptian variant) — Simplified
Service history
Operators
- Egyptian Armed Forces · adopted 1960
- Egyptian Police
Conflicts
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
Production
Production years: 1960-1980
Manufactured by the Maadi Company; exact totals unknown. Issued alongside the simplified Akaba variant.
Origin
Country of origin: Egypt
Discontinued: 1980
Notes
Egypt produced both the 'Port Said', an exact copy of the Carl Gustaf m/45, and the 'Akaba', a simplified version. Both served the Egyptian military through the Arab-Israeli wars before being supplanted by AK-pattern weapons.
Background
When Sweden, citing its policy of neutrality, embargoed sales of the Carl Gustaf m/45 to nations at war, Egypt simply licensed and built its own under the name 'Port Said' and carried it through three Arab-Israeli wars.