Finland, a small country located on the border of Northern Europe, produced the most sophisticated and outstanding submachine guns in the entire World War II.
Just like the German armored forces, the Soviet artillery, and the American aviation, as a small and weak country that played a marginal role in World War II, the Somi 191 submachine gun born in Finland was undoubtedly the best performing in the world before the Cold War.
There is no such thing as a submachine gun.
As early as the Soviet-Finnish war in which the Soviet Union acted as the invading party, the Finnish field troops wearing skis, wearing pure white snow camouflage uniforms and holding Somi submachine guns, gave unprecedented combat effectiveness to those who had just experienced the Great Purge.
The Soviet troops suffered heavy casualties.
The Somi submachine gun loaded with 71 rounds of large drum magazines has demonstrated extremely excellent performance in the hands of the elite field troops of the Finnish army. This type of submachine gun produced from high-quality chromium-nickel alloy steel has an abnormal accuracy among submachine guns.
The barrel is precision ground and drilled using lathes to produce high-precision rifle barrels. The barrel not only has excellent ballistic performance but is also extremely reliable. Even in the freezing temperatures of minus 40 degrees in Finland, it can still be fired at any time without being affected.
It has a huge ammunition capacity of 71 rounds, a theoretical limit rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute, and the production process is comparable to that of a sniper rifle. It is made with precision in Finland.
After all the advantages and attributes are added together, it finally brings unprecedented and extremely reliable powerful performance to the Somi submachine gun.
The Soviet army, which had just experienced the Great Purge and was highly dogmatic, became a stepping stone for the Somi submachine gun to gain a reputation. The Finnish field troops, who were haunting the snowy mountains and forests of Finland, used this sophisticated light weapon to cause the Soviet army a huge headache.
The legendary sniper king Simon Haye even ignored the professional characteristics of snipers who required to travel as lightly as possible, and specially carried a Somi submachine gun as a secondary weapon. When conditions permitted, he would use the Somi submachine gun to approach and shoot Soviet soldiers at close range.
In the harsh Finnish winter, he earned his reputation as the "White Death".
Comrade Stalin, who was shadowed by the Somi submachine gun during the Soviet-Finnish war, immediately ordered the reverse dismantling and reference work of the captured Somi submachine guns after the war.
Although the high-quality chromium-nickel alloy steel high-precision barrel used in the Somi submachine gun was considered by Soviet firearms engineers to be difficult to adapt to mass production during wartime and was abandoned.
However, based on the actual combat feedback experience and some opinions of Soviet soldiers on the front line, the unique large-capacity drum used in the Somi submachine gun was retained in the Soviet submachine guns.
Whether it is the rare German submachine gun, or the sand submachine gun that was later so classic that it became one of the symbols of the Red Army. The large-capacity drum drum almost became the standard firearm component of the Soviet submachine gun in World War II, which also explains on the other hand.
The Somi submachine gun has had an extremely excellent long-term design concept since its birth.
I held this brand new submachine gun in my hand that looked very similar to the Sha 41 submachine gun. After looking at it for a long time, I finally recognized the true identity of the Somi submachine gun.
Although Malashenko, who traveled from later generations, knew that the German army during World War II had purchased a batch of Somi submachine guns from the slave country Finland to equip some of the elite armed SS troops and Wehrmacht troops, but he was unable to do so.
I never thought that I would be lucky enough to personally capture such a legendary weapon on the Soviet-German battlefield in 1941.
"Awesome! This is definitely the most powerful self-defense weapon that every tank soldier dreams of, bar none! Before the emergence of stg44, there was nothing better than her."
Whether it is the P8/40 submachine gun that the German army was equipped with in batches at this time, or the Soviet Army's S41 submachine gun that has not yet been officially finalized and put into production on a large scale, it is difficult to compare with the Somi submachine gun, which is expensive and can be called the aristocrat of submachine guns. Even the ocean.
The powerful "Chicago Typewriter" in the hands of the U.S. military on the other side is still only beaten by the Somi submachine gun.
He had never seen his superior looking at a submachine gun so fascinated and fascinated. Kirill, who was quite doubtful in his heart, was holding the G4 general machine gun that was like a fire stick in his hand.
Then he stepped forward and spoke quietly to Malashenko.
"Sir, is there anything unique about this German submachine gun? Why are you so fascinated by it?"
Listening to the quiet question from Kirill's mouth, Malashenko, who was immersed in joy as if he had won a five-million-dollar jackpot, immediately smiled and answered.
"You little idiot! This baby is not the work of those Nazi Germans. It is a submachine gun made in Finland, one of their slave countries. It is much better than those German submachine guns that use wire as the butt!"
After sighing in his mouth, he immediately turned around with the Somi submachine gun without a drum installed. Malashenko, who was extremely excited, immediately turned towards the man who was chatting with reporter William not far away.
Lavrinenko spoke loudly.
"Hey! Lavry! Get that German reporter and that SS leader over here. I have something to ask them."
Lavrinenko, who was preaching to reporter William and praising the great Soviet Union, had to give up temporarily after hearing Malashenko's shouting. Even as Malashenko requested, he escorted reporter William and Clauseheim to the
In front of Malashenko.
"Listen, SS leader, I have something to ask you. As for you, William, translate it all to him verbatim."
Facing Malashenko's command, reporter William, who is proficient in Russian, nodded quickly.
"I want to know how many more of these submachine guns you have in your trucks. Don't try to prevaricate me by thinking that I don't understand your German weapons. I'm not referring to those P8 and P40 submachine guns, but specifically to her.
Suomi submachine gun made in Finland, tell me the answer."
When reporter William translated what he said to Clauseheim word for word as Malashenko requested, he never thought that the Soviet major in front of him would be so familiar with the German standard small weapons.
Seheim couldn't help but look surprised.
This sophisticated submachine gun produced in Finland is not even known by most front-line troops and even senior officers in the German army, or even does not recognize it at all.
But the Soviet tank major in front of him seemed to be as familiar as a treasure and could accurately call his name. This was simply incredible to Clauseheim.
"This is a Finnish-made submachine gun that was urgently allocated to our Imperial Division by superiors to enhance its positional defense capabilities and prepare for urban street fighting."