K-50M

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo
					VC	K-50M		Medic Engineer Radioman	35 / 105

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Reload Speed
						Partial	Empty
36	×2.6 = 93.6	×1.4 = 50.4	×1.3 = 46.8	×0.8 = 28.8	×0.75 = 27	2.4 Seconds	3.233 Seconds

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
				K-50M	Submachine Gun	Auto+Semi	700 RPM	7.2 / 1.95 ADS	0.87	488 m/s	5.5 g (84.88 gr)	3.4 kg (7.5 lbs)

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
								K50M	7.62x25	North Vietnam	1958	Numerous	10.6 in in (269 mm)	33.2 in (843 mm)	weapon_k50

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The K-50M is a Vietnamese-modified submachine gun derived from Chinese Type 50 guns (a copy of the Soviet PPSh-41), chambered for 7.62×25mm Tokarev. It operates by straight blowback and most commonly uses 35-round box magazines, though it can also accept the 71-round drum magazine. The K-50M is best known for its compact conversion features, including a shortened barrel jacket, added pistol grip, and a retractable wire stock.

HISTORY

The K-50M was produced in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War by converting Chinese-supplied Type 50 submachine guns into a more compact, handier configuration better suited to local needs. Common conversion features included dispensing with the original wooden stock in favor of a sliding wire buttstock, adding a pistol grip, cutting down the barrel jacket, and relocating the front sight onto the barrel; the internal operating mechanism remained essentially the same as the Type 50/PPSh-41 pattern. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

In wartime service, the K-50M was used by North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong as a close-range automatic weapon firing 7.62×25mm, typically from 35-round box magazines (with drum magazines also seen). Museum collection examples and reference descriptions emphasize that it was a wartime conversion program based on Chinese aid weapons, reflecting the broader flow of small arms into the conflict and local adaptation for field use. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Sources

• Imperial War Museums — North Vietnamese K-50M submachine-gun
• Smithsonian (NMAH) — Vietnamese K-50M Submachinegun
• Royal Armouries — Centrefire automatic submachine gun: K-50M (about 1960)
• American Rifleman — “The Vietnamese K-50M Submachine Gun”
• Forgotten Weapons — “North Vietnamese K-50M Submachine Gun”

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