- Not to be confused with the Ballester-designed HAFDASA C-4.
The Model 1949, also known to as the HAFDASA C-4, was an Argentinian submachine gun that was produced by HAFDASA.
History[]
The Model 1949 submachine gun was produced in small numbers at the end of the 1940s.
Design[]
The Model 1949 was a basic copy of the British Sten Mk.II, with minor improvements to the furniture. It operated on a straight blowback action firing from an open bolt and fed from 30-round magazines. A folding wireframe stock, reminiscent of the German MP40, was fitted to the rear.[1]