The .30 Kiraly-Cristobal Carbine, also known as the San Cristobal or Cristobal automatic rifle was manufactured by the Dominican Republic’s Armeria San Cristobal Weapon Factory. Although called a carbine the gun may be termed a submachine gun since it is almost identical to the Hungarian 39.M submachine gun; in spite of it being almost identical to the 39.M, it is actually based on a similar design, the 44.M, despite popular beliefs. Both weapons were designed by Hungarian engineer Pál Király, who came to the Dominican Republic as an expatriate in 1948. The gun's name is a reference to the San Cristóbal Province, which is the birth place of the late Dominican dictator, Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo. The Dominican Republic's military was the main user of this weapon although it was also exp