The MK 760 is an easy gun to shoot well. The conventional layout and placid rate of fire make it controllable. (Photo Provided by Author)
June 05, 2025
By Will Dabbs, MD
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In April of 1966, a functionary in the U.S. Navy Department in Washington, DC, reached out to a sales representative for Smith & Wesson and floated the idea of designing and producing a 9mm submachine gun (SMG). SEALs, as well as other special units, were using the Swedish Carl Gustav m/45 during the Vietnam War. Troops in the field called this superb 9mm SMG the “Swedish K.” Sweden prided itself on its political neutrality and was none too pleased to be seeing its...
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