
Specifications
Year: 1939
Manufacturer(s): Industrio de Geurra do Cataluna - Spain
Roles: Close Quarters Battle (CQB)/Personal Security;
Manufacturer(s): Industrio de Geurra do Cataluna - Spain
Roles: Close Quarters Battle (CQB)/Personal Security;
Action: Blowback; Automatic
Caliber(s): 9x23mm Largo
Sights: Iron
Overall Length: 806 mm (31.73 in)
Barrel Length: 262 mm (10.31 in)
Weight (Unloaded): 9.66 lb (4.38 kg)
Caliber(s): 9x23mm Largo
Sights: Iron
Overall Length: 806 mm (31.73 in)
Barrel Length: 262 mm (10.31 in)
Weight (Unloaded): 9.66 lb (4.38 kg)
Muzzle Velocity: 1,300 feet-per-second (396 meters-per-second)
Rate-of-Fire: 750 rounds-per-minute
Effective Range: 250 ft (76 m; 83 yd)
Rate-of-Fire: 750 rounds-per-minute
Effective Range: 250 ft (76 m; 83 yd)
Operators: Spain
The Larbora's design was initiated as early as 1936 but it was not made available in the numbers required until the last few months of the Spanish conflict. At its core the weapon was a "clean-sheet" design not copied from any existing submachine gun - which made it unique for a 1930s weapon. Its construction was also of particularly high quality in which machining was heavily used though this also added to cost-per-unit. The end of the war in 1939 (a Nationalist victory) forced an end to production of the Labora.
Production stemmed from Industrio de Guerra do Cataluna.
Performance-wise, the submachine gun managed a rate-of-fire of 750 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 1,300 feet-per-second.
Variants / Models
• Labora Fontbernat Model 1938 - Base Series Designation