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The Military Armament Corporation Model 11, better known as the MAC-11 or M-11, is an American machine pistol.
History
The MAC-11 was used in service from 1972 to 1975, and of all known variants of the MAC series of firearms, the MAC-11 is the least commonly seen.
Design Details
The MAC-11 is essentially a scaled-down version of the MAC-10, and as such, performs identically. The weapon's sights are open with a pinhole sight drilled into the rear of the receiver. The charging handle is located on the top of the receiver, and can be rotated 90° to lock it in place, thereby preventing the weapon from being charged. The MAC-11's safety is located forward of the trigger and is pushed forward to lock the trigger up, preventing one from firing the weapon. A known complaint about the MAC-11 is its excessive cyclic rate of 1,200-1,600 rounds per minute, or 25 rounds per second, which allows the user to empty the magazine in a mere two seconds, though the rate of fire can be varied by using differently weighted bullets in the weapon. The MAC-11's absurdly high rate of fire also causes it to have rather poor accuracy, which led International Association of Police Chiefs weapons researcher David Steele to jokingly describe the MAC-11 as a weapon "only fit for combat inside a phone booth".