Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.
Today we have a render of the Finnish Suomi KP/-31 submachinegun, as well as a quick announcement from the World at War tournament.
In 1921 Aimo Lahti had taken it upon himself to design a cheaper alternative to the Bergmann M/20. The Army showed some interest in the designs and placed orders for a small number. What would later be called the KP/-26 had several problems, and the KP/-31 was Lahti's answer to these faults.
The KP/-31 was a reliable and accurate, if somewhat heavy weapon. The long barrel and low recoil gave it a longer effective range than other submachineguns of the time. Somewhat unusually, the barrel and shroud were easy to remove and switch with a spare, useful for a weapon with such a high rate of fire. The original magazines were somewhat problematic: the 20 round box was too small and the 40 round drum was heavy and hard to fill. These were gradually replaced by a larger capacity 70 round drum and the rarer 50 round "coffin" box magazines.
After February 1943, the KP/-31 was fitted with a large muzzle brake to counteract muzzle climb, and this can be seen on our model. Approximately 50,000 KP/-31s were manufactured for Finland, of which about half had the SJR muzzle brake. There were also 2 variants: 500 weapons modified for use in bunkers, and 40 for use as hull guns in Vickers 6-ton tanks. Our KP/-31 was made by Seth Soldier.
Our winners for this week's screenshot competition is =Capten=Cymro=. You can view the winning submission here.
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one of the best SMGs in ww2 and nice model!
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Hell no, the best was PPSH-41, the soviet submachine gun, not this piece o crap
You really have no idea what you are talking about :V
Only way Finnish SMG is worse than that soviet copied piece of crap is that Finnish SMG weighs more and high production costs since Finland did not own millions of factories/supplies. Finnish SMG is more accurate than PPSH-41 or PPD-40 thanks to that long barrel too.
its also lethal at long ranges too if i remember correctly now
Aight, you have a point, i apologize for my ignorance
Nice! (but you use "somewhat" a bit too much :p)
"...and 40 four use as hull guns in..."
Just spotted a small mistake.
On topic, looks like a beast!
I love how small and insignificant countries take pride in small and insignificant details during some big worldwide event (usually war). And always in hindsight!
I wouldn't call Finland in WW2 insignificant.
agreed the fins despite overwhelming odds managed to cut down the soviets with relative ease due to their own indigenous weapons and tactics.
That alone is a feat worth boasting about. :/
Why shouldn't they take pride? If you're talking about them taking pride in a weapon made by them, they should be - it really was a great SMG. It would help if your comment was less obtuse.
Says the man from the Czech Republic...
Hoho, i love overwhelming response!
Anyway, Finland lost, so what is there to brag about?
They fought courageously though...
P.s. And i am actually russian, i just live in Prague:)
lol!
If you call being corrected overwhelming then job done.
The Finnish fought against them initially, then they were forced to fight alongside them. Imagine the hate they received.
suomi!