Editing Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/M7

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| colspan="4"| '''[[M7 SMG|M7 / Caseless Submachine Gun]]'''
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| Official designation: || M7/Caseless SMG || || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Length (extended): || 62.7 cm || (24.68 in.) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Length (retracted): || 47.4 cm || (18.66 in.) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Length (barrel): || 15 cm || (5.9 in.) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Weight (empty): || 1.3 kg || (2.86 lbs) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Weight (loaded): || 2.88 kg || (6.36 lbs) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Cartridge: || [[M443 Caseless Full Metal Jacket|5mm x 23 caseless]] || || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Max. effective range: || 50 meters || (155 ft) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Muzzle velocity: || 427 m/s || (1300 f/s) || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Magazine capacity: || 60 rounds || || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Rate of fire: || 900 rnds/min || || style="width: 50%" | 
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| Unit Replacement cost: || [[Credit|cR.]] 1484 || || style="width: 50%" | 
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'''Description:'''

The M7 submachine gun is gas-operated and magazine-fed. It fires 5mm x 23 caseless ammunition.

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'''Observations:'''

Recoil from all but sustained fire is very controllable. Although the M7 submachine-gun is primarily issued to vehicle crews, it is also a favorite of commando teams in its sound suppressed version – the [[M7S SMG|M7S]].

Sustained automatic fire tends to cause the muzzle to “walk” upwards as recoil compounds. Submachine guns, while not accurate over long distances, are particularly effective at close quarters.

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'''Remarks:'''

“[The] recoil isn’t bad but the [M7] itself is relatively light. Not unpleasant to shoot, but a little tricky to control—it’s all about controlling the impulse.”

“It’s actually comparable in weight to the [[M6 series|M6]]—favorably, in fact. That and not having to worry about the odd casing dropping down your boot makes it a pretty clear choice which one I think is the better system.”

“Yes; I have fired it one-handed with the stock collapsed and the foregrip folded. No; I was not driving at the time—I was shotgun. Did I hit anything? Don’t know—probably never will—no more bogeys afterwards, though.”

“It’s not a deathray but nobody likes getting shot. Not even [[Jiralhanae|bravo kilos]]. And you can fill the air with a lot of lead with an [M7].

“I’ve seen a [[Spartan]] use two at once—tearing the xxxx out of [[Unggoy|the little ones]]; sending the big ones down in bloody heaps. But I guess that’s what ya gotta be to pull it off: an action-movie hero or a seven-foot-tall walking tank.”

“The M7 is the wave of the future. Hopefully the romeo echo mike foxtrots will finally realize the benefits of caseless ammunition.”
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