M/46 "Kpist" SMG

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*"The Swedish army's 9mm submachine gun. Trades a slower rate of fire for a higher damage output."*
— In-game description

The **M/46 "Kpist" SMG** is a weapon in *Generation Zero*. It is probably the second fully automatic weapon the player will stumble upon in the game. It holds a magazine size of 36 rounds and can be loaded with either 9mm Armor-Piercing or 9mm FMJ bullets.

### Pros

* Fully automatic fire mode
* Relatively common ammunition
* High magazine size compared to other rifles
* They are good for exploding things like gas tanks or vehicles quickly.

### Cons

* Low damage per shot - requires more shots to take down an enemy than many other weapons, although higher dmg per shot than the HP5
* Lower than average rate of fire in terms of automatic weapons

### Weapon Attachments

 Vision Module
 Barrel
* Submachinegun Compensator
 Magazine

### Locations

**Dilapidated**

* Potential drop from:
	+ Scout Wolf

**Worn**

* Found at:
	+ South Coast, Hisings Udde (-5622, 4361)
	+ Behind Saltvallen IP, Loadout Storage in the forest (1670, 3264)(Requires the "Loadout Storage Key" or Lockpicking skill)

**Good**

* Found at:
	+ Farmlands, in a small building (-1826, 1609)(Requires lockpicking skill)

**Exceptional**

* Found at:
	+ Stenmyra Barn, in a safe (-595, -4351)(Requires Emergency Supplies and Lockpicking skill)

**Special**

* Potential drop from:
	+ Spetsnaz Wolf

**Experimental**

* Potential drop from:
	+ Home Base missions if player level is at least 25.
	+ Base Assault if player level is at least 25.
	+ Rivals if player level is at least 25.
	+ Reaper at any player level.

## Trivia

* The M/46 "Kpist" SMG is based off of the Carl Gustav m/45, also known as the Swedish K SMG. It was manufactured and adopted by the Swedish Army in 1945 to 1965. It was replaced by the Ak 4 and Ak 5 rifles, also present in-game.
	+ The Kpist uses a pistol grip of the Smith & Wesson Model 76, (A carl gustav copy) a submachine gun that is officially 100% totally unrelated to the m/45, and all of their similarities (like the identical operating system, ammunition, stock, and handling) and the fact that the Model 76 was specifically chosen to replace the m/45 in American service is a total coincidence.
	+ It features neither the stock of the m/45 nor the Model 76. Making its stock is completely fictional.
* "Kpist" is an abbreviation for "Kulsprutepistol"—the Swedish word for submachine gun.
* The M/46 (Carl Gustav m/45) uses an open bolt mechanism where the gun can be cocked before or after inserting a new magazine, with no round in the chamber. By pulling the trigger, the bolt feeds a cartridge into the chamber and fires in the same cycle.
* The kpist has the largest ammunition capacity of all the SMGs, coming in at a maximum of 51.
* The kpist can use 2x red dot despite lacking a picatinny rail.
	+ When equipping the 2x Red Dot, it seemingly balances on top of the weapon.

## Real-life counterpart // History

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. The Hovea was a development of the failed test contender (fm44) from Husqvarna.