{"id":6725,"date":"2019-02-08T11:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/cetme-modelo-a-first-step-towards-the-g3\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:51:32","slug":"cetme-modelo-a-first-step-towards-the-g3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/cetme-modelo-a-first-step-towards-the-g3\/","title":{"rendered":"CETME Modelo A: First Step Towards the G3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vP4KZdLCl9g?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Modelo A was the first series production version of the CETME rifle, following a series of successful trials in Spain. It was developed by a team of ex-Mauser engineers led by Ludwig Vorgrimmler, and is part of the link between the late-WW2 StG45(M) and the H&#038;K G3 rifles. <\/p>\n<p>The CETME A was chambered for the reduced-power 7.62mm CETME cartridge, and had a fire control system which fired from an open bolt in full auto and a closed bolt in semiautomatic. It has a buttstock design reminiscent of the German Strumgewehr, and uses a folding bipod in lieu of a proper hand guard over the barrel. In addition, it still uses a tangent leaf rear sight, unlike the later Modelo C and G3 rifles.<\/p>\n<p>There is an interesting anecdote about interdicted CETME A rifles being used by French marine commandos in Algeria, which you can read about here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/french-marine-commandos-with-cetme-rifles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/french-marine-commandos-with-cetme-rifles\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Movie Armaments Group in Toronto for the opportunity to showcase their CETME-A for you! Check them out on Instagram to see many of the guns in their extensive collection: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/moviearmamentsgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/moviearmamentsgroup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviearms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.moviearms.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPO Box 87647<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons The Modelo A was the first series production version of the CETME rifle, following a series of successful trials in Spain. It was developed by a team of ex-Mauser engineers led by Ludwig Vorgrimmler, and is part of the link between the late-WW2 StG45(M) and the H&#038;K G3 rifles.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/cetme-modelo-a-first-step-towards-the-g3\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CETME Modelo A: First Step Towards the G3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13860,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions\/13860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}