The Army asked and commercial gunmakers answered. There are now 10 submachine guns that have been submitted to fulfill an Army request.
The aim of the Army’s request for information is not to outfit every soldier with a subgun but to have an option for soldiers who might need this type of weapon for personal protection and specific mission sets.
The gun must be chambered in 9 mm with rapid-fire capabilities, meaning both full and semi-automatic selections.
The following 10 weapons were submitted by the corresponding companies:
Z-5RS, Z-5P and Z-5K Sub Compact Weapons; Zenith Firearms
B&T MP9 Machine Guns; Trident Rifles, LLC
MPX Sub Compact Weapon; Sig Sauer, Inc.
5.5 CLT and 5.5 QV5 Sub Compact Weapon; Quarter Circle 10 LLC
PTR 9CS Sub Compact Weapon; PTR Industries, Inc.
MARS-L9 Compact Suppressed Weapon; Lewis Machine & Tool Company
CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 Submachine gun; CZ-USA
CMMG Ultra PDW; CMMG, Inc.
Beretta PMX Sub Compact Weapon; USA Corporation
CM9MM-9H-M5A; Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC
Here are images of some of the weapons that have been submitted or weapons by the manufacturers of similar design and capability as those the Army will review:
The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun capable of firing 9 mm ammunition. CZ-USA submitted the CZ Scorpion EVO3A1 submachinegun, similar in design to the weapon featured here. ( CZ-USA)The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun that fires 9 mm ammunition. The CMMG, Inc. made CMMG Ultra PDW is one of the submission. This image shows a CMMG subgun. (CMMG, Inc.)The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun capable of firing 9 mm ammunition. The Colt Manufacturing Company submitted the CM9MM-9H-M5A subgun, similar in style to the weapon pictured. (Colt Manufacturing Company)
The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun capable of firing 9 mm ammunition. Sig Sauer, Inc. has submitted its MPX Sub Compact Weapon, similar to the weapon featured here. (Sig Sauer, Inc.)The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun capable of firing 9 mm ammunition. Beretta USA submitted the PMX Sub Compact Weapon, similar in design to the weapon featured here. (USA Corporation for Beretta)The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun capable of firing 9 mm ammunition. Zenith Firearms has submitted the Z-5RS, Z-5P and Z-5K Sub Compact Weapons, similar in design to the weapon featured here. (Zenith Firearms)The Army has received 10 submissions for its request for information on a submachine gun chambered in 9 mm. PTR Industries, Inc. submitted the PTR 9CS Sub Compact Weapon, similar to the weapon featured here. (PTR Industries, Inc.)
The weapon also has to hold accessories using a Picatinny rail system, the same type of system used on the common issue M4 carbine carried by most soldiers and Marines.
Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
