The official AHF small arms quiz thread

[varjag]

Hi Juha - it's a Soviet Tula-Korovin automatic in .25 caliber, rgds, Varjag

[Juha Tompuri]

Hi Juha - it's a Soviet Tula-Korovin automatic in .25 caliber, rgds, Varjag

Yep,
that is about 6.35mm ?
A small number were captured by Finnish troops during the wars (suppose the "other" Axis too).
Over to you

Regards, Juha

[varjag]

Juha, '25 caliber' is exactly a quarter of an inch - which in Finland (and on Pluto...) translates to 6,35mm (Browning). Or - in the old Russian parlance, a '2½ Line' pistol -a 'line' being one Tenth of an Inch.
But You Knew all that!.......
As I am better at answering than putting questions - I leave the field open....rgds, Varjag

[The Edge]

If you have some of Russian 6,35 mm ammo - be very careful with it.
Russian "TK" pistols use +P rated ammo. (Don't use it in some old pistol)

(Btw, TK pistol is a copy of WWI-vintage German "Behola" design)

[Marcus]

Can someone post a new question so we can get things started again, thanks.

/Marcus

[MD650]

Whats this?

[Juha Tompuri]

MG 34/42 winter trigger?
http://www.interordnance.com/Merchant2/ ... %2F42WT100

Regards, Juha

[MD650]

MG 34/42 winter trigger?
http://www.interordnance.com/Merchant2/ ... %2F42WT100

Regards, Juha

Thats correct!
Your turn.

[Juha Tompuri]

Thanks, that was fast

New one, name this mg:

Regards, Juha

[JTV]

Thanks, that was fast

New one, name this mg:

Regards, Juha

Finnish 7.62-mm machinegun L-41 "Sampo"?

JTV

[Juha Tompuri]

Finnish 7.62-mm machinegun L-41 "Sampo"?

Yep.
(The AFAIK quite rare) Pic is from a book Liian Nuori Sotaan (Too Young for a War) by Jaakko Voipio
Your turn next

Regards, Juha

[JTV]

Finnish 7.62-mm machinegun L-41 "Sampo"?

Yep.
(The AFAIK quite rare) Pic is from a book Liian Nuori Sotaan (Too Young for a War) by Jaakko Voipio
Your turn next

Regards, Juha

Thanks. I think I have never seen wartime photo of L-41 machinegun earlier. Development of this weapon didn't advance beyond field test series and only 33 fully functional weapons of this model were ever made.

My question has two parts. Attached is photo of a pistol. What pistol is it, and in which way was it dangerous to those users, who didn't know better?

JTV

[JTV]

No replies. Some hints: This pistol was manufactured by one of the major Axis countries and used mostly during World War 1. The safety issue it had was related to ammunition.

[Juha Tompuri]

Glisenti mod 1910?

That pistol was designed for a lightly loaded cartridge with same external dimensions as some more powerful ones.

The M.1910 Glisenti pistol could (for some time...) fire the 9mm Glisenti cartridge (the lightest possible to cycle the gun), it is the worst pistol design I've dissected! The cartridge was externally identical to the Beretta M.38 cartridge (for the Beretta SMG) and the 9mm Luger, which would split a Glisenti in halfs in short order.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... ht=#450336

Regards, Juha

[JTV]

Glisenti mod 1910?

That pistol was designed for a lightly loaded cartridge with same external dimensions as some more powerful ones.

The M.1910 Glisenti pistol could (for some time...) fire the 9mm Glisenti cartridge (the lightest possible to cycle the gun), it is the worst pistol design I've dissected! The cartridge was externally identical to the Beretta M.38 cartridge (for the Beretta SMG) and the 9mm Luger, which would split a Glisenti in halfs in short order.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... ht=#450336

Regards, Juha

Correct. The pistol is Italian 9-mm Glisenti model 1910. The (otherwise rare) 9 mm x 19 Glisenti cartridge used in this pistol looked exactly identical to much more common 9 mm x 19 Parabellum/Luger cartridge, but contained much milder propellant load. Due to this (and rather weak structure of the pistol) Glisenti model 1910 could be mistakenly loaded with much more powerful 9 mm x 19 Parabellum/Luger cartridges, which then would basically blow the pistol to pieces or at least would break it very soon.

Juha, over to you.

JTV