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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Kiraly Danuvia Submachine Guns Machine Pistols - Hungarian Weapons</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="Manowar's Hungarian Weapons Kiraly Danuvia Submachine Guns Machine Pistols"> <meta name="keywords" content="Manowar, Hungarian, Weapons, Kiraly, Danuvia, Submachine, Guns, Machine, Pistols"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></HEAD><BODY> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ffff00" link="#00ff00" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#ffa500"> <script type='text/javascript' src='menu.js'></script><script type='text/javascript' src='menu_com.js'></script><br> <table><tr><td><img src="gif/Istvan.gif"> <img src="gif/Szalasi.gif"></td> <td><hr><h1>Manowar's Hungarian Weapons<br>Kiraly Danuvia Submachine Guns & Machine Pistols</h1></td></tr></table> <hr><h2>Kir谩ly Danuvia Machine Pistol Model 1944<br> <I>Kir谩ly Danuvia G茅ppisztoly 44.M</I></h2> <table><tr><td><img src="img/Danu44M.jpg"></td> <td>Only a few trial weapons were made by Danuvia G茅pgy谩r, Budapest, at the end of 1944<BR> Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum<BR> 40-round staggered row detachable box magazine<BR> Overall length approx. 500mm [20"], Barrel length approx. 250mm [10"]<br> 2.92kg [8 lbs] without the mag<BR> Tangent sight graduated 100-600 meters<BR> Muzzle velocity 450 m/sec<BR> Cyclic rate: 650-700 rpm</td></tr></table> <p> <img src="img/Danu44.jpg" align=left> This Machine Pistol, an improved simplified version of the <a href="Danu43.htm">Danuvia 43.M</a>, the last Danuvia design by P谩l Kir谩ly. It was given the 44.M designation, however official acceptance of this machine gun is questionable. Due to the invasion of the Red Army this gun was not manufactured in large quantities.<br> The gun was an all steel construction, it had convenient large grips and a ventilated steel barrel shroud. It had no buttstock or folding stock and no provision for bayonet mounting. The magazine was not foldable. The cartrige was reduced to the 9mm Parabellum.<br clear=left> <p> Contrary to popular belief, this 44.M and not the 43.M was the basis of the Dominican <a href="Cristo.htm">Cristobal Carbines</a>, also designed by P谩l Kir谩ly.<br> This 44.M was also the basis of the Hungarian <a href="KuchK1.htm">1951 Kucher K1</a> machine pistol designed by J贸zsef Kucher, Kir谩ly's younger coworker and successful weapon designer in Hungary after WW2. <p> <hr><a href="index.htm">Home</a> </BODY></HTML>