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Star Model Z62

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The Star Model Z62 is a Spanish submachine gun built by Star Bonifacio Echeverria from 1962 onward to replace the earlier Star Model Z45, firing from an open bolt by straight blowback with early production models featuring a double crescent trigger for selecting semi-automatic or fully automatic fire. Chambered for 9x23mm Largo in Spanish service and 9x19mm Parabellum for export, it weighs 2.87 kilograms, measures 480 millimeters overall with a 201 millimeter barrel, fires at about 550 rounds per minute, and feeds from a 30-round box magazine with an effective range of about 200 meters. It has been used by Spain, Argentina and Bolivia, including in the Argentine Dirty War and the Salvadoran Civil War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
9x23mm 1
Caliber
9×23mm Largo 2
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
small arm 1
Introduced Year
1962 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Star Model Z62
  • service-status
    service = 1962-present
  • Infobox, service field
    Infobox service field: 1962-present
  • Caliber attribute (star-model-z62)
    Chambered for 9x23mm Largo in Spanish service and 9x19mm Parabellum for export, it weighs 2.87 kilograms, measures 480 millimeters overall with a 201 millimeter barrel, fires at about 550 rounds per minute, and feeds from a 30-round box magazine with an effective range of about 200 meters.
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2. Wikidata: Star Model Z62
Wikidata Q23925397, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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