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'''Allentown Central Catholic High School''' is a [[parochial school]] located at 301 North Fourth Street in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]]. It predominantly serves students from the [[Lehigh Valley]] region of the state.

|name=Ares FMG

|image=[[Image:AresFMG.png|250px]]

|caption=Unfolded and folded FMGs

|origin={{USA}}

|type=Folding [[submachine gun]]

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|is_ranged=yes

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|service=

|used_by=[[United States Secret Service|USSS]] & [[BATFE]]<br />(unconfirmed report, 2001)

|wars=none known

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|designer=[[Eugene Stoner]]

|design_date=[[1986-12-02]]<br />(U.S. Patent # 4,625,621)

|manufacturer=[[ARES Incorporated]]

|production_date=

|number=few

|variants=all reports of variants are fictional

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|weight=2.09 kg (empty)<br />2.38 kg (loaded)

|length= 262 mm (folded)<br />503 mm (unfolded)

|part_length=220 mm

|width=

|height=

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|cartridge=[[9 mm Luger Parabellum]]

|action=[[Blowback (arms)|blowback]]

|rate=650 round/min

|velocity=

|range= ~250 feet

|feed=20, 32 rounds

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The '''Ares FMG''' is a folding submachine gun designed by [[Eugene Stoner]] while he was an owner of [[ARES Incorporated]]. Stoner designed the gun for concealment and covert use, describing it as a “businessman’s personal defense weapon”.

As of 2006, the school's total enrollment is 934 students, with a nearly equal number of female and male students. The school competes athletically in the [[Lehigh Valley Conference]] in District XI of the [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association]]. It plays its home [[American football|football]] and some of its [[soccer]] games at [[J. Birney Crum Stadium]], a 15,000 capacity stadium in the city.

The weapon has a unique architecture, in that it is designed to be fold into a box shape, but it can be unfolded and made ready to fire in a matter of seconds. When folded, the size is about the same as a cigarette carton, and the appearance is deliberately similar an old-fashioned metal commercial radio. It can be fitted with a small fake antenna if necessary.

The only real version of the weapon was chambered for 9mm and had a 20- or a 32-round magazine.

==School accomplishments==

Contrary to popular belief, the “Ares II” variant (from ''[[Robocop 2]]''), is not related to the Ares FMG. It is an UC-M21 (see below).

===Academic accomplishments===

==Similar weapons==

* [[UC-M21]] “Radio-SMG” – 9mm folding submachine designed by [[Dave Boatman]] in the late 1980s. This is the weapon featured in ''[[Robocop 2]]'', which was also only produced in limited numbers, and intended for government use.

*First place, ''[[Scholastic Scrimmage]]'', 2005 and 2006.

* [[PP-90]] – Russian 9mm folding submachine gun by [[KBP Instrument Design Bureau|KBP]] (1990s)

===Athletic accomplishments===

Allentown Central Catholic is particularly known for its highly successful girls [[basketball]] team, which has won the Pennsylvania state championship in four of the past five years. The school's Pennsylvania state championships include:

*Pennsylvania state champions, boys basketball, 1984, 1986.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls basketball, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

*Pennsylvania state champions, football, 1993, 1998.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls cross country, 2002.

*Pennsylvania state champions, girls volleyball, 2002.

==Notable alumni==

*[[Michelle Marciniak]], women's basketball coach, [[University of South Carolina]], and former professional basketball player, [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Portland Fire]] and [[Seattle Storm]].

*[[Billy McCaffrey]], former [[college basketball]] shooting guard, [[Duke University]] and [[Vanderbilt University]].

*[[Ed McCaffrey]], former professional football player, [[New York Giants]], [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Denver Broncos]].

*[[Tony Stewart (football player)|Tony Stewart]], current professional football player, [[Cincinnati Bengals]].

*[[Christine Taylor]], actress and wife of actor [[Ben Stiller]].

==External links==

*[http://www.acchs.info/ Allentown Central Catholic High School Official Web Site].

* [http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg70-e.htm Ares FMG & UC-M21 at World.Guns.ru]

*[http://www.highschoolsports.net/defaultcal_300.cfm?school=PA181023819 Allentown Central Catholic athletics schedule and scores] at HighSchoolSports.net.

* [http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg10-e.htm PP-90 at World.Guns.ru]

*[http://www.lviac.net/central.asp Allentown Central Catholic High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site].

* [http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/1400/1492.htm Ares FMG at SecurityArms.com]

{{High Schools in the Lehigh Valley}}

* [http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=112 Ares FMG at MilitaryFactory.com]

[[Category:SubmachineAllentown, gunsPennsylvania]]

[[Category:PersonalRoman weaponsCatholic secondary schools in Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:ModernRoman weaponsCatholic Diocese of Allentown]]