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The Suomi KP/-31 (Finnish: Suomi-konepistooli m/31 or "Finland-machine-pistol mod. 1931") is a Finnish submachine gun that was mainly used during World War II. It is a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 1925. It entered service in Finland in 1931, and remained in use until the ...
The new submachine gun was a much cheaper design than the Suomi submachine gun and could be manufactured much faster. [1] All parts were made out of stamped steel (excluding the barrel, bolt and the wood hand grips). [citation needed] The weight of the gun was almost halved compared to the Suomi (2.95 kg vs. 5 kg). [2]
On the battlefield, the Lahti-Saloranta M/26 was found to be heavy, hard to clean due to the 188 parts of the gun, and lacking in magazine capacity. It was nicknamed Kootut virheet, "assorted mistakes". On the other hand, proficient gunners liked and took full advantage of the exceptional accuracy of the weapon, and with oiling adapted for ...
General-purpose machine gun? Standard general-purpose machine gun. 7.62 KK PKT is used in all IFVs in the Finnish army. [93] 12.7 ITKK 96 Soviet Union: Standard heavy machine gun: 5,000+ Soviet NSV machine gun; standard heavy machine gun. [94] Specialised support weapons 7.62 PSVKK MAG Belgium: General-purpose machine gun? Light armament on ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Submachine guns of Finland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Suomi KP/-31 ...
Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970) [1] was a self-taught Finnish weapons designer. Of the 50 weapons he designed, the best known is the Suomi KP/-31 SMG. . Other well-known weapon designs of his include the Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG, Maxim M/32-33 and Sampo L-41 MMG, Lahti L-35 pistol, and Lahti L-39 anti-tank ri
The Carl Gustaf m/45 was replaced as main infantry weapon in the Swedish Armed Forces during the mid-1960s with the 7.62mm Automatkarbin 4 battle rifle, but remained in use for auxiliary troops like artillery gun crews, supply- and engineering troops and the like until starting in 1986 being replaced with the 5.56mm Ak 5 assault rifle.
In 1941 and 1942, larger numbers of 9mm MP34 guns were delivered to Portugal by Germany. In Portuguese service, the 9mm MP34 was known as the Pistola-metralhadora 9 mm m/942 Steyer . [ 9 ] Many m/942 guns carry a Portuguese crest just forward of the safety mechanism in combination with Waffenamt (WaA) markings.