Videos tagged with Suomi SMG

Ian McCollum announces his new book, 'Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025', a comprehensive technical collector's reference launching on Kickstarter. The book details Finnish-manufactured or modified firearms, including Lugers, Mosin-Nagants, Lahti pistols, Suomi SMGs, and RK 62 variants. Various pledge levels, exclusive editions, and add-ons like posters and bookmarks are available.

This video explores the rare Tank Suomi variant of the M31 SMG, designed for Finnish armored vehicles in the 1930s. Modifications included a pistol grip for cramped spaces and a heavy barrel shroud for vehicle mounts. Lacking traditional sights, it relied on instinctive aiming or tracer observation. By 1944, these were replaced by more numerous Soviet DT machine guns.

This review details the Danish M1941 Suomi, a licensed variant of the Finnish KP-31 submachine gun. Key differences include Danish receiver markings, a more aggressive pistol grip on the stock, and the addition of front sight protector wings. Approximately 1,400 units were produced in Denmark by Madsen and Hovea.

This Q&A video by Forgotten Weapons covers a wide range of firearms-related topics submitted by patrons. Discussions include favorite travel experiences, fascinating firearm mechanisms like the Blish system, gun display methods, airline preferences, future firearm and ammunition improvements, the history and concept of "parts kits," and specific firearm models and manufacturers. Topics also extend to the effectiveness of small arms in warfare, the makeup of the host's personal collection, collecting pre-1898 firearms, the reasons behind European nations abandoning small arms manufacturing, the use of feed strips versus belts, thoughts on writing firearms reference books, lessons for the American firearms community from international colleagues, the market for modernized historical firearms, specific modern rifle features, the choice between the Springfield 1903 and Enfield 1917, reasons for the prevalence of 9x19mm in Rhodesian firearms, modernization of the Browning High Power, British consideration of the Suomi SMG, firearms the host is content to not own, similarities between the Mauser 1945 Volkspistole and HK VP70, channel demographics, favorite and least favorite belt-fed semiautos, folding guns for concealed carry, the merits of semi-rimmed pistol cartridges, the potential for gaseous propellants, collecting military uniforms, and the trend away from bullpup rifles.