FAMAE SAF

The FAMAE SAF is a chilean machine pistol produced, since 1996, by FAMAE, a chilean govenment small arms factory. Besides Chilean Military and law-enforcement, the FAMAE SAF is also used by Portugal.

The FAMAE SAF is blowback, closed bolt operated. It is based on the Swiss assault rifle SIG SG 540, made under licence by FAMAE since 1980. Basically the FAMAE SAF is a smaller SG 540 with a different bolt.

Description
The S.A.F. SMG was developed and is manufactured by Chilean company FAMAE. The S.A.F. design is based on SIG SG 540 assault rifle, designed in Swiss and manufactured in Chile by FAMAE under license from SIG, the S.A.F. SMG is in service with Chilean Armed Forces and Police.

Technically, the S.A.F. is a recoil operated select fire gun, firing from closed bolt. The triger/hammer group and floating firing pin design is similar to SIG 540, but the bolt is of new design. The receiver is similar in design to SIG 540, and is of folding type (upper and lower receivers are assembled by two steel pins, much like the M16 receiver does). The S.A.F. has ambidextrous safety/fire selector switch with four settings - safe, single shot, 3 round bursts and full auto. S.A.F. SMGs are manufactured with side-folding or fixed polymer buttstocks. Silenced version, with folding buttstock and integral silencer is available for special forces use. S.A.F. has post front sight, ajustable wor elevation, and aperture rear sight, ajustable for windage. S.A.F. uses 20 or 30 rounds magazines made from transluscent polymer. Magazines had special studs and slots that allowed two or more magazines to be clipped together for quicker magazine change.

Operators

 * Chile: Used by the Chilean Armed Forces and law-enforcement.
 * Portugal: Used by the National Republican Guard (Portugal) and the portuguese prison guard

Variants

 * Mini-SAF: A campact variant of the SAF256_3.jpg
 * Taurus MT-40: The Taurus MT-40 is a copy of the FAMAE SAF made under license by Taurus
 * Taurus CT-40: The CT-40 is an semi-automatic carbine based on the MT-40

Specifications

 * Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum
 * Weight: 2.7 - 3 kg without magazine (depending on variant)
 * Lenght (stock closed/open): 410 / 640 mm
 * Barrel lenght: 198 mm
 * Rate of fire: 1120 - 1280 rounds per minute
 * Magazine capacity: 20 or 30 rounds
 * Effective range: 100-150 meters