page_title: Carl Gustaf m/45
section_title: Manufacture and use
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Gustaf m/45 / Manufacture and use
caption_attribution_description: English: Swedish troops detain white Katangese sniper who had been hiding in a tree
context_page_description: The Kulsprutepistol m/45, also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45 and the Swedish K SMG, is a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun designed by Gunnar Johnsson, adopted in 1945, and manufactured at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The m/45 was the standard submachine gun of the Swedish Army from 1945 to 1965. It was gradually replaced in Swedish service by updated Ak 4 battle rifles and Ak 5 assault rifles. The last official user of the m/45, the Swedish Home Guard, retired it from service in April 2007.
  The m/45 SMG was developed in 1944–45, with a design borrowing from and also improving on many design elements of earlier submachine guns. The sheet metal stamping techniques used in making the German MP 40, the British Sten, and the Soviet PPSh-41 and PPS-43 were studied in detail. Two designs were tested in 1944, one from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori and one from Husqvarna Vapenfabriks and the prototype from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori was chosen for further development. The first production version was adopted in 1945 as the Kpist m/45. The Danish Hovea M/49 SMG, although similar in appearance, is not a version derived from the m/45.
context_section_description: The Swedish Army list price of the Carl Gustaf m/45 in the late 1970s was around Swedish krona (SEK) 600 (US$67).
  The Carl Gustaf m/45 was replaced in the Swedish Armed Forces during the mid-1960s with the 7.62mm Ak 4 battle rifle, and starting in 1986 with the 5.56mm Ak 5 assault rifle. On 2 April 2007 kpist m/45 was officially declared obsolete when it was retired from the Home Guard who were the last users in the Swedish Armed Forces.
  In addition to Sweden, several other countries have used the weapon, with versions of the weapon being produced in Egypt and the United States.
caption: The Kpist m/45 in service (left) with Swedish soldiers during the Congo Crisis.
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