The Hyde-Inland M2 was a United States submachine gun design submitted for trials at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February 1941. Work was undertaken by General Motors Inland Manufacturing Division to develop workable prototypes of George Hyde …

Oct 4, 2019 · The weapons was approved as the M2 submachine gun in 1942, and a contract went to Marlin to produce it (Inland had no extra production capacity at the time). The receiver of the M2 was made through a metal sintering process, and …

Dec 19, 2023 · So, it turned to subcontractors, specifically Marlin, to produce the M2 Hyde. Marlin was to produce 165,000 of the guns, but its first runs were faulty, and the guns were unreliable and poorly...

Oct 4, 2024 · The Hyde M2, also known as the Hyde/Marlin M2, was primarily designed to be a non-lethal weapon for law enforcement and civilian defense purposes. When it first came out in the mid-1970s, the M2 was praised for its ergonomic design and reliability – it featured a 12-round single-stacked magazine and chambered the .35 Winchester auto cartridge ...

May 1, 2017 · The .45 ACP U.S. M2 submachine gun—designed by George Hyde, who also designed the M3 “Grease Gun”—was manufactured by Marlin, but, as it turns out, not as easily or inexpensively as the U.S....

Sep 5, 2023 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Marlin M2 Hyde (Hyde-Inland / US SMG Cal 45 M2) Submachine Gun including pictures.

Jul 1, 2001 · Not to be confused with the U.S. M2 .30 carbine, the U.S. M2 submachine gun was a select-fire .45 caliber weapon that was made in extremely limited numbers by the Marlin Firearms Company in 1942-43.

Oct 4, 2019 · There were less than 500 of these marlin M2 45 cal subguns made...due to the M3 sheet metal squirt gun being cheaper and more easily produced. What you may be thinking of seeing different in pics was a UDM42 marlin made squirt gun in 9mm.

An improved Hyde-Inland 2 was designated U.S. Submachine gun, Caliber .45, M2 as a substitute standard for the M1 Thompson in April 1942. As Inland's manufacturing capacity became focused on M1 carbine production, the US Army contracted M2 production to Marlin Firearms in July 1942.

Designed by George Hyde, this was an evolution of his previous weapons. Submitted as the Hyde-Inland II in June, 1942. The design proved superior to the M1 and M1928A1 Thompsons in general accuracy, particularly in full automatic fire.