Jatimatic

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The Jatimatic is a submachine gun developed in Finland during the 1970s and 80s. It was designed by Jali Timari and manufactured in limited numbers. The weapon was designed for use primarily by police and law enforcement agencies. However, the Jatimatic was never officially adopted by the Finnish military forces and its subsequent reintroduction in 1995 proved to be a failure.

The Jatimatic was a light automatic weapon designed with the security use in mind. It was manufactured from pressed steel parts and this made the construction relatively inexpensive. The gun weighed only 2 Kg even when loaded with the magazine. In addition, it also lacked the stock which made its deployment very fast.

One notable feature of the Jatimatic is its barrel which projects slightly to the top. This design makes it easier to control the weapon during fire. The gun is chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum round and can fire 650 rounds per minute. It is fed using a 20 or 40-round magazine.

Another feature of the Jatimatic is its selective fire capability. This allows the gun to be fired in single shot mode by pressing the trigger slowly and in automatic mode by pulling the trigger with force.

Despite the good design of the weapon, the Jatimatic never achieved success. Only about 400 units of the weapon were manufactured from 1983-86. Subsequent attempts to market the Jatimatic in 1995 ended in failure.