The F1 is a 9x19mm Australian submachine gun manufactured by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. [2] First issued to Australian troops in July 1963, it replaced the Owen machine carbine. Like the Owen, the F1 had a distinctive top mounted magazine.

It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like weapons" not easily categorized. Weapons may fit in more than one category.

Jan 27, 2018 · The first two ‘X’ series weapons developed into the X3 which in 1962, after successful trials, became the F1. Member of 8th Royal Australian Regiment stood too with his F1 SMG (Australian War Memorial) The F1 used a standard blowback action with a non-reciprocating charging handle.

Jun 17, 2019 · The F1 was a select-fire, blowback submachine gun with a non-reciprocating bolt handle. The bolt/cocking handle was on the left side of the receiver, its slot protected by a dust cover.

The F1 was an Australian submachine gun produced by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. It was formerly the standard submachine gun of the Australian Army. The F1 originated as the prototype X3 submachine gun in 1959, and was trialed by the …

Sep 20, 2019 · The Australian Owen submachine gun was once of the best overall SMG designs of the Second World War, and when Australia decided to replace them in the 1960s, the new F1 design have big shoes to fill. The basic configuration of the top-mounted magazine remained, but coupled with elements of the Sterling SMG.

Sep 28, 2016 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Lithgow F1 SMG Submachine Gun including pictures.

Apr 21, 2017 · Australia’s F1 submachine gun is one of the most recognizable and yet least known of the weapons used in the Vietnam War. Selected to replace the popular.

The F1 submachine gun is a blowback-operated, selective-fire weapon which fires from an open bolt. It uses a tubular receiver with a top-mounted magazine. The cocking handle is set at the left side of the weapon, and does not reciprocate when the gun is fired.

History of the Lithgow F1 SMG. The F1 submachine gun replaced older models used by the Australian Army and saw action during the Vietnam War. It served from 1963 to 1991 until being replaced by the F88 Austeyr Carbine, based on Austrian rifles.