1970 – 1973
- co-founded by Gordon Ingram and Mitchell WerBell
- within a year both had been from the company
- 1973 stopped producing firearms
- 1975 filed for bankruptcy
Military Armament Corporation
1600 Candler Building
Atlanta, GA
About Military Armament Corporation
Military Armament Corporation (MAC) was the short-lived Georgia company that first manufactured Gordon Ingram’s compact Model 10 submachine gun, the weapon popularly known as the MAC-10. Ingram designed the M10 in 1964 and joined SIONICS as chief engineer in 1969. In 1970, investors were persuaded the design could replace the M1911 pistol as a U.S. military sidearm and formed Military Armament Corporation, with suppressor designer Mitchell WerBell III as president and Ingram as chief engineer. WerBell’s two-stage suppressor made the M10 one of the most recognizable suppressed weapons of its era. The company also produced the smaller M11 in .380 ACP.
Within about a year the investors pushed out both WerBell and Ingram. Export restrictions on suppressors in the early 1970s led customers to cancel orders, and the company stopped producing firearms in 1973 and filed for bankruptcy in 1975. Unfinished receivers were later bought by RPB Industries, producing collectible “double stamp” guns, and a former RPB employee went on to found SWD, which continued the design. The MAC name was revived in 2017 by importer SDS Imports of Knoxville, Tennessee. For NFA collectors, original MAC-marked guns remain prized examples of 1970s American small arms design.
Key Facts
- 1964: Gordon Ingram designs the Model 10 submachine gun
- 1970: Military Armament Corporation formed, with WerBell as president and Ingram as chief engineer
- c. 1971: Investors oust both WerBell and Ingram
- 1973: Firearms production ends
- 1975: Company files for bankruptcy
- 2017: MAC brand revived by SDS Imports in Knoxville, Tennessee
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