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CETME C2

Type of submachine gun

The CETME C2 (also named the CB-64,) is a Spanish submachine gun based on the British Sterling L2A3. It is an open-bolt, blowback-operated firearm that fires the 9×23mm Largo and 9×19mm Parabellum pistol cartridge.

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Designed in the 1960s, the C2 has many notable safety features built into it and was later used to replace the Star Model Z-45 submachine gun series for Spain in the 1960s however, was later superseded by the MP5 and Star Z-84. The CETME C2 has many design features that make it appear as if it was a Sterling SMG however, none of the CETME C2's parts are interchangeable with that of a Sterling. It is open bolt and is often fitted with a 30-round or 32-round straight magazine with the magazine well not being fully perpendicular with the receiver. The receiver itself has a crackle paint finish much like the Sterling SMG & Star Z-62 SMG. The stock is an under folding stock & uses the butt-plate in order to lock the stock to the receiver of the firearm when it is not in use. The C2 has three modes of firing: Seguro (safe,) Tiro (Semi-Automatic,) & Ráfaga (full auto.) The C2's bolt is helically grooved and also has multiple safety features; The firing pin is not fixed in order to prevent miss fires and can be activated by a lever inside the bolt which can only protrude once the bolt is properly in battery. The bolt itself is not connected to the charging handle & because of this makes bolt non-reciprocating, unlike the Sterling.

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