Steyr AUG Para

Steyr AUG segment history

The success of the Austrian Steyr AUG series of assault rifles naturally encouraged the expansion of the weapon into other weapon classifications to suit the operator's taste. It has always been designed as a modular weapons platform, enabling carbine, sub-carbine and light machine gun forms by simply changing the standard barrel.

AUG Para - a submachine gun-type weapon - introduced in 1988, it uses the same basic polymer receiver (including carry/sight) as the baseline AUG, but has a shorter 16.5" barrel and an improved The internal structure manages different firing movements and smaller ammunition. Unlike the full-length gas-powered AUG rifle, the AUG Para is a recoil weapon that does away with the standard gas system. In addition to this change, the AUG Para features a different bolt arrangement and magazine to accommodate the significantly thinner 9mm magazine (25 or 32 rounds) that fires the smaller 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge.

All other aspects of this weapon are generally similar to the AUG series rifles detailed elsewhere on this site.

The AUG A3 Para XS is a similar submachine gun version, although based on the AUG A3 rifle. This version comes with a 13" barrel and supports MIL-STD-1913 rail fittings.

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