Błyskawica (Polski Sten)
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Błyskawica (Lightning) was a sub machine gun produced by Armia Krajowa.In 1942 engineer Wacław Zawrotny proposed to the Armia Krajowa command that he and his colleagues prepare a project of a cheap, home-made machine pistol for use by the Polish resistance,The design was based on two of the most popular machine pistols of the era. The external construction with a retractable butt and magazine mounted below the gun was borrowed from the successful German MP 40. The internal design of the mechanism was modeled after the British Sten. Blowback, with an open bolt, it offered good performance and high reliability. Unlike the Sten, and its Polish clone called the Polski Sten, it employed a free-floating firing pin. The weapon was designed in this fashion so that resistance army members could use any captured stocks of German MP40 ammunition cartridges.
The production started in a workshop officially producing metal fence
nets in Warsaw. After the tests of a prototype series of five pistols,
the KeDyw ordered 1000, and later an additional 300. Until July 1944 and
the start of Operation Tempest roughly 600 pieces were built in Warsaw.
During the Warsaw Uprising an additional 40 were built. It is also
possible that the Błyskawica was also produced in small quantities
outside of Warsaw.
Specifications
Weight =3.22 kg
Length =56/730 mm
Barrel length=197 mm
Cartridge =9×19mm Parabellum
Action=blowback
Rate of fire=600 round/min
Muzzle velocity=400 m/s
Effective firing range=200 m
Feed system=32-round box magazine
Picture
2:Home Army soldiers Henryk Ożarek "Henio" (left) holding a Vis pistol and Tadeusz Przybyszewski "Roma" (right) firing a Błyskawica submachine gun, from "Anna" Company of the "Gustaw" Battalion fighting on Kredytowa-Królewska Street, 3 October 1944
3:Polish Soldier Firing a Błyskawica During Warsaw Uprising
Specifications
Weight =3.22 kg
Length =56/730 mm
Barrel length=197 mm
Cartridge =9×19mm Parabellum
Action=blowback
Rate of fire=600 round/min
Muzzle velocity=400 m/s
Effective firing range=200 m
Feed system=32-round box magazine
Picture
2:Home Army soldiers Henryk Ożarek "Henio" (left) holding a Vis pistol and Tadeusz Przybyszewski "Roma" (right) firing a Błyskawica submachine gun, from "Anna" Company of the "Gustaw" Battalion fighting on Kredytowa-Królewska Street, 3 October 1944
3:Polish Soldier Firing a Błyskawica During Warsaw Uprising
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