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Suomi KP/-31, the Glossary

The Suomi KP/-31 (or "Finland-submachine gun mod. 1931") is a Finnish submachine gun that was mainly used during World War II.^[1]

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Finnish inventions
Submachine guns of Finland
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1931
World War II military equipment of Finland
World War II submachine guns

Aimo Lahti

Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970)Kärävä, Simo (2002), Veteraanien perintö Ry.

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The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM.

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Army Norway (Wehrmacht)

Army Norway (Armeeoberkommando Norwegen, abbreviated AOK Norwegen) was a German army operating in Norway and Finland during World War II.

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Barrel shroud

A barrel shroud is an external covering that envelops (either partially or full-length) the barrel of a firearm, to prevent unwanted direct contact with the barrel (e.g. accidental collision with surrounding objects, or the user accidentally touching a hot barrel, which can lead to burns).

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Battle of Vuosalmi

The Battle of Vuosalmi (also known as the Battle of Äyräpää-Vuosalmi) – the main bulk of it – lasted from July 4 to July 17, 1944.

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Blowback (firearms)

Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gas created by the ignition of the propellant charge.

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Carl Gustaf m/45

The Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45 and the Swedish K SMG, is a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun (SMG) designed by Gunnar Johansson, adopted in 1945 (hence the m/45 designation), and manufactured at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Suomi KP/-31 and Carl Gustaf m/45 are 9mm Parabellum submachine guns.

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Chaco War

The Chaco War (Guerra del Chaco, Cháko Ñorairõ. Secretaría Nacional de Cultura de Paraguay) was fought from 1932 to 1935 between Bolivia and Paraguay, over the control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region (known in Spanish as Chaco Boreal) of South America, which was thought to be rich in oil.

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Continuation War

The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Degtyaryov machine gun

The Degtyaryov machine gun (Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet Union, with service trials starting in 1927, followed by general deployment in 1928.

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Drum magazine

A drum magazine is a type of high-capacity magazine for firearms.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named.

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Federal District of Brazil (1891–1960)

The Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal) was an administrative division of Brazil created by the Brazilian Constitution of 1891.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish Army

The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.

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Finnish Defence Forces

The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) (Puolustusvoimat, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland.

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Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS

From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking.

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Forgotten Weapons

Forgotten Weapons is a website and channel appearing on YouTube, Utreon, Full30 and Floatplane, created and presented by Ian McCollum.

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Haganah

Haganah (הַהֲגָנָה) was the main Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the British Mandate for Palestine.

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Hispano-Argentina

Hispano-Argentina was an Argentine automotive and engineering company that manufactured automobiles, military vehicles, engines, weaponry, and parts for public works.

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Hispano-Suiza

Hispano-Suiza is a Spanish automotive company.

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Integralist Uprising

The Integralist Uprising was a failed coup by the Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) against the government of president Getúlio Vargas during the Estado Novo in Brazil.

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Italian resistance movement

The Italian Resistance (Resistenza italiana,, or simply La Resistenza) consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy from 1943 to 1945.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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KP m/44 submachine gun

The KP m/44, nicknamed "Peltiheikki" or "Pelti-kp", which could be translated as "sheet-metal Heikki" and "sheet-metal machine pistol"/"sheet-metal submachine gun" respectively, was a Finnish 9mm copy and modification of the Soviet mass-produced 7.62 mm submachine gun PPS-43. Suomi KP/-31 and KP m/44 submachine gun are 9mm Parabellum submachine guns, submachine guns of Finland and World War II submachine guns.

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Lapland War

During World War II, the Lapland War (Lapin sota; Lapplandskriget.; Lapplandkrieg.) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland.

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Light machine gun

A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

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List of submachine guns

his is a list of submachine guns.

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Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine).

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MP 40

The MP 40 (Maschinenpistole 40) is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. Suomi KP/-31 and MP 40 are 9mm Parabellum submachine guns and World War II submachine guns.

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Muzzle brake

A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise.

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Operation Safari

Operation Safari (Unternehmen Safari) was a German military operation during World War II aimed at disarming the Danish military.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Phoney War

The Phoney War (Drôle de guerre; Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.

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Pistol grip

On a firearm or other tools, a pistol grip is a distinctly protruded handle underneath the main mechanism, to be held by the user's hand at a more vertical (and thus more ergonomic) angle, similar to how one would hold a conventional pistol.

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PPS submachine gun

The PPS (Russian: ППС – "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel. Suomi KP/-31 and PPS submachine gun are World War II submachine guns.

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Puukko

A puukko is a small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife with a single curved cutting edge, solid hidden tang, and usually, a flat spine.

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Rate of fire

Rate of fire is the frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Spectre M4

The Spectre M4 is an Italian submachine gun that was produced by the SITES factory in Turin. Suomi KP/-31 and Spectre M4 are 9mm Parabellum submachine guns.

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Submachine gun

A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.

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Swiss Guard

The Pontifical Swiss Guard (also Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard; Pontificia Cohors Helvetica; Guardia Svizzera Pontificia; Päpstliche Schweizergarde; Garde suisse pontificale; Guardia svizra papala) is an armed force and honour guard unit maintained by the Holy See that protects the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State.

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Thompson submachine gun

The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy gun", "Chicago typewriter", or "trench broom") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. Suomi KP/-31 and Thompson submachine gun are World War II submachine guns.

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Tikka (brand)

was a Finnish company producing firearms and different consumer durables, most notably sewing machines.

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Vickers 6-ton

The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Winter War

The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1948 Arab–Israeli War

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war.

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7.62×25mm Tokarev

The 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge (designated as the 7.62 × 25 Tokarev by the C.I.P.) is a Soviet rimless bottleneck pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet states and in China, among other countries.

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7.65×21mm Parabellum

The 7.65×21mm Parabellum (designated as the 7,65 Parabellum by the C.I.P. and also known as.30 Luger and 7.65mm Luger) is a pistol cartridge that was introduced in 1898 by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their new Pistol Parabellum.

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9×19mm Parabellum

The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm PARA, 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge.

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9mm Browning Long

The 9mm Browning Long, also known as the 9×20mmSR, is a military centerfire pistol cartridge developed in 1903 for the FN Model 1903 adopted by Belgium, France, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi_KP/-31

Also known as KP31, Karelo-Finskii KF-42, Kp-31, Kulsprutepistol m/37, Lahti-KP M-22 Prototype, Lettet-Forsogs submachine gun, Soumi smg, Suomi KP-31, Suomi KP/31, Suomi KP31, Suomi M-31, Suomi M-31 SMG, Suomi M/31, Suomi M/31 SMG, Suomi M1931, Suomi M31, Suomi M31 SMG, Suomi Model 31, Suomi SMG, Suomi kp, Suomi submachine gun, Suomi-konepistooli, Suomi-kp.

, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, 7.62×25mm Tokarev, 7.65×21mm Parabellum, 9×19mm Parabellum, 9mm Browning Long.

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See also

Finnish inventions

Submachine guns of Finland

Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1931

World War II military equipment of Finland

World War II submachine guns

References