Reising Submachine Gun

The Reising series of submachine guns have been used in the following films:

Reising M50 (full stock variant) - .45 ACP. Fitted with Cutts compensator and 20 round magazine.

Reising M55 (folding stock variant) - .45 ACP. Fitted with 12 round magazine

Reising M60 (full stock 16" barrel semi-auto carbine variant) - .45 ACP. Fitted with 20 round magazine.

Info

Adopted in early 1942 by the USMC, due largely to a shortage of the Thompson Submachine Gun, the Reising was never especially popular with the Marines since it proved to be a maintenance intensive weapon (something not always possible in the primitive Pacific theatre). It eventually fell to the wayside though some examples remained in service with various rear echelon units and police forces. It was favored by some due to its closed bolt operating function, which made it more accurate than the open bolt submachine guns of the time, at the cost of overheating quicker and requiring more maintainance.

Specs

Type: Submachine Gun

Caliber: .45 Caliber Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP)

Capacity: 12 and 20-Round Box Magazines

Fire Modes: Safe/Full-Auto/Semi (M60 is Semi only)

Rate of Fire: 550 rounds/min (M50) 500 rounds/min (M55)

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Flags of our Fathers	Himself	Sgt. Mike Strank	M55 model, real life war photo	(2006)

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Pacific	Joseph Mazzello	Eugene Sledge	M50 model, 20 round magazine	(2010)
Ironside	various San Francisco P.D. officers

The M55 Resing was also used in the film "U-571" by Marine Major Koonan.