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Following a wave of interest in Second Great War era weapons and appearance of the SMP-3 civilian carbine in period pieces in the early 2010s, Fino Family Arms began to produce and sell limited numbers of "Grandpa's Gun Carbines", newly manufactured SMP-3 carbines. The Grandpa's Gun Carbines feature a number of improvements over true original surplus carbines, including a longer barrel, better sights, and improved ergonomics.

====SMP-3L variant====

During the [[Second Great War]], a lighter variant of the SMP-3 was developed known as the '''SMP-3L''' or officially known as the '''Standard Machine Pistol, Mk. 3, Light'''. The SMP-3L removed the standard wooden stock of the SMP-3 and replaced it with a folding metal stock. The SMP-3L was introduced in 1937 and issued primarily to paratroopers and to some [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] squadrons, as the retracted folding stock and removed magazine made the weapon viable to be stored in a cockpit as a robust survival gun; for most applications it was still far too heavy for this use. The 3L served well as a paratrooper weapon, although once initial breakthrough was made by air and the paratroopers were resupplied, war records indicate most were left behind for the more familiar SMP-3 due to the folding stock wobbling. The 3L remained in service longer than the SMP-3 due to its utility for paratroopers compared to the increasingly common [[SAR-40]], and it was decommissioned in [[1949]]. Unlike its parent design, the SMP-3L was never sold on the civilian market and remains a highly sought after collector's item due to the relatively small number of guns made.

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 Following a wave of interest in Second Great War era weapons and appearance of the SMP-3 civilian carbine in period pieces in the early 2010s, Fino Family Arms began to produce and sell limited numbers of "Grandpa's Gun Carbines", newly manufactured SMP-3 carbines. The Grandpa's Gun Carbines feature a number of improvements over true original surplus carbines, including a longer barrel, better sights, and improved ergonomics.
 ====SMP-3L variant====
+During the [[Second Great War]], a lighter variant of the SMP-3 was developed known as the '''SMP-3L''' or officially known as the '''Standard Machine Pistol, Mk. 3, Light'''. The SMP-3L removed the standard wooden stock of the SMP-3 and replaced it with a folding metal stock. The SMP-3L was introduced in 1937 and issued primarily to paratroopers and to some [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] squadrons, as the retracted folding stock and removed magazine made the weapon viable to be stored in a cockpit as a robust survival gun; for most applications it was still far too heavy for this use. The 3L served well as a paratrooper weapon, although once initial breakthrough was made by air and the paratroopers were resupplied, war records indicate most were left behind for the more familiar SMP-3 due to the folding stock wobbling. The 3L remained in service longer than the SMP-3 due to its utility for paratroopers compared to the increasingly common [[SAR-40]], and it was decommissioned in [[1949]]. Unlike its parent design, the SMP-3L was never sold on the civilian market and remains a highly sought after collector's item due to the relatively small number of guns made.
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List of Urcean service weapons: Difference between revisions

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