Swiss Mp. 43/44 (Suomi KP/-31) SMG VINTAGE TRAINING FILM (EN Subtitles)

This 1944 training film, color-adjusted and subtitled for your enjoyment, shows the essentials of handling the model 1943/44 submachine gun.
Initially purchased directly from Tikkakoski, the 9mm caliber Finnish KP/-31 submachine gun was slightly adapted for Swiss domestic license production by Hispano-Suiza in 1944.
Adopted as "9mm Maschinenpistole 43/44 - Mp. 43/44", key redesigned features include a simplified barrel jacket construction, improved 50-round magazine follower design, and systematic use of metric threads instead of imperial specifications.
These weapons, reputed for their robustness and reliability, would serve until ca. 1976, displaced by the Stgw. 57.
Many thanks again to the ZEM for providing the video material.
Footage source: AF 787, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 CH (republished and modified with permission from the ZEM).

[@maxpower6765]

The Swiss uniform was quite stylish back in the day. Cheers 🤙🏼

[@454FatJack]

Coffin is actually Swedish design. 50 . 🇫🇮Tikkakoski made assembly and aquired even spring’s from 🇸🇪 🇸🇪had 37 9Browning long x20mm 37-39 9x19. 🇫🇮20 stick rare , 40 drum rare M/37 Koskinen drum 70. 🇸🇪/36 stick Carl Gustav post WW2.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Very interesting. I especially like the cutaway/demonstrator.

[@DaletheStgwDude]

Me too! Would love to see one in person.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

@@DaletheStgwDude Looks like a {very, very} basic facsimile could be made. Be a neat project.

[@PapaSchultz74]

Excellent. Thanks a lot 👍

[@kanrakucheese]

Wow, that's heavy even for a gun of this era. Also note the magazine grip.

[@robertsansone1680]

Excellent & informative. Thank You

[@jerichooo271]

The cutaway part is very interesting, but loading these "casket" quad stack single feed magazines must've been a pain...

[@norwegianwiking]

I think it's impossible to get those quad stack mags to any meaningful capacity without the tool

[@454FatJack]

50 stick/ coffin magazine. 🇸🇪/37 9x20 Brow 🇸🇪/37-39 9x19 Parab Tikkakoski made magazine too with owner ’S 🇸🇪lincense . Also wartime 🇫🇮mag spring’s where aquired from Swe. Only assembled and mag body 🇫🇮. 🇨🇭most likely 100% manufacture 😊

[@pmgn8444]

Interesting as always. Thank you Dale. Hmm, maybe Le Chap from BOTR could reproduce that training cutaway?

[@DaletheStgwDude]

Thanks! Would be an interesting undertaking. Luckily, I recently gained in-house production capacity, stay tuned for more.

[@air-jerome]

Le DDPS devrait envisager une collab Ecal x Barnabé x Hemu pour poser de l'orgue de cinéma sur ces images 😂

[@DaletheStgwDude]

Épique.

[@Panzerfan93]

i don't understaand why he held the charging handle back while screwing on the back cap. seems a bit pointless since the gun is unloaded and the pressure just makes screwing the back on harder

[@PapaSchultz74]

The back cap has a groove where the handle rides. If you don't pull the handle you cannot screw or unscrew it. This is to prevent it from unscrewing itself under fire. It's annoying as hell to pull the cap out and especially put it back again. That spring is a pain in the bxt.

[@Panzerfan93]

@@PapaSchultz74 that makes sense, thanks

[@stevenicholas5651]

First

[@454FatJack]

Soviet spy Vilho Pentikäinen stole blueprints drum. Mp -1926 /7,65mmx21 - 1931/9x19 Soviet PPD 34, 34/38,40 ,Ppsh 41 🇫🇮copy drum. , no Thompson Benkö /Tatarek style 😂 ❤🇫🇮kp-44 9mm Sudajev copy. DUX West Germany 1950’s