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Smith & Wesson 76
The Smith & Wesson 76 is an American submachine gun developed by S&W in 1967. It was originally developed for the U.S. Navy SEALs, who had been using the Carl Gustaf m/45 as their weapon of choice in Vietnam, but needed a replacement after Sweden imposed an arms embargo on the United States and stopped supplying the m/45. The Model 76 was developed in response to a list of requirements provided by the Navy SEALs.
The Model 76 was produced in small nubmers and saw limited combat service in Vietnam, and eventually S&W ceased its production in 1974. Although the Model 76's military service was brief, it saw some popularity among Law Enforcement and civilian markets. Until the early 1980s, Smith & Wesson also made a 16" barreled semiautomatic only carbine version of the same weapon for over the counter sales.
Officially, the Model 76 is in no way inspired by the m/45 and any similarities are purely coincidental, though the resemblance is uncanny, and S&W seems to have "accidentally" given the SEALs a gun that happens to feel and operate nearly identical to the ones they were familiar with.
Explicitly designed to be inexpensive, the M76 was primarily made of rolled and stamped metal parts.
In the 1980s, two firms MK Arms and Global Arms made variants of the M76 called the Mk760 with minimal commercial success.
Specifications
(1967 - 1974)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber(s): 9x19mm
- Weight: 7.25 lbs (3.29 kg)
- Length: 30.5 in (77.5 cm) with stock extended
- Barrel length: 8 in (20.3 cm)
- Capacity: 14, 25, 36
- Cyclic Rate: 600 rds per/minute
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The Smith & Wesson 76 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Omega Man | Charlton Heston | Robert Neville | 1971 | |
| Rosalind Cash | Lisa | |||
| Hickey & Boggs | Tom Signorelli | Nick | 1972 | |
| The Getaway | Jim Kannon | Cannon | 1972 | |
| Prime Cut | Lee Marvin | Nick Devlin | 1972 | |
| Across 110th Street | Paul Benjamin | Jim Harris | 1972 | |
| Shaft's Big Score! | A Gangster | 1972 | ||
| The Stone Killer | Stuart Margolin | Lawrence | 1973 | |
| Hunter von Leer | Graham | |||
| Cleopatra Jones | Thug | 1973 | ||
| The Laughing Policeman | Albert Paulsen | Henry Camerero | 1973 | |
| Magnum Force | Kip Niven | Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan | 1973 | |
| Walking Tall | Kenneth Tobey | Augie McCullah | 1973 | |
| Arch Johnson | Buel Jaggers | |||
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Robert Shaw | Mr. Blue | 1974 | |
| Martin Balsam | Mr. Green | |||
| Hector Elizondo | Mr. Grey | |||
| Earl Hindman | Mr. Brown | |||
| Mr. Majestyk | Mobsters | 1974 | ||
| Coonskin | Prison guard | 1974 | ||
| Dog Day Afternoon | John Cazale | "Sal" | With chopped barrel | 1975 |
| Breakout | Mexican police | 1975 | ||
| Shadows in an Empty Room (Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta) | Robbers | 1976 | ||
| The Gauntlet | Hitmen | 1977 | ||
| Black Sunday | Robert Shaw | Major David Kabakov | 1977 | |
| Fritz Weaver | FBI agent Sam Corley | |||
| Power Play | Terrorists and soldiers | 1978 | ||
| The Survivors | survivalist school students | 1983 | ||
| Exterminator 2 | A thug | 1984 | ||
| Invasion USA | Various terrorists | Some with shortened barrels | 1985 | |
| Hold-Up | Montreal police | 1985 | ||
| Miami Supercops | Terence Hill | Doug Bennet | 1985 | |
| Delmann's henchmen | ||||
| Band of the Hand | Al Shannon | Dorcy | . | 1986 |
| Last Action Hero | Mobster at funeral | 1993 | ||
| Hollow Point | Chinese Mafia | 1996 | ||
| We Own the Night | NYPD ESU officers | 2007 | ||
| Street Kings | Cle Shaheed Sloan | Fremont | 2008 | |
| The Dark Knight | Heath Ledger | The Joker | 2008 | |
| Black Dynamite | Michael Jai White | Black Dynamite | 2009 | |
| Henchmen | ||||
| Elephant White | in weapons cache, said to be used by Lee Marvin in Prime Cut | 2010 | ||
| Sinners and Saints | A gangster | 2010 | ||
| Sicario | A cartel gunman | 2015 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | 1985 | |||
| Miami Vice | Sonny Landham | Toad | "Viking Bikers From Hell" | 1986 |
| The A-Team | 1984-1989 | |||
| Tour of Duty | Ramon Franco | Pvt. Ruiz | 1989-1990 | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Thugs | "La O Na Makuahine" (S3E01), "Hookman" (S3E15) | 2012-2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto IV | Unusable | 2008 | ||
| Mafia III | 2016 |
See Also
- Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.