I roto i te mahi US i tino mohiotia te reira rite te "Swedish-K" ranei "K-Rifle". i te US Navy i na miharo e te m/45 e ka i whakahaeretia Sweden te kaweake o patu ki te United States i roto i 1966, i hoatu Smith & Wesson te mahi o te whakaputa i te tārua. tenei i tohua te Smith & Wesson M76.
nui kua haumanu