MKb.42 was captured in the spring-summer of 1943. “НИПСВО (Научно-Исследовательский Полигон Стрелкового Вооружения) ГАУ КА” was engaged in the testing of all foreign weapons, both lend-lease and captured.
and when were they supposed to learn about enemy weapons during the war? You won’t believe it, but this is literally their first encounter with these weapons. What are your complaints? There is no internet yet, no Wikipedia, hello?
and where is it called an intermediate cartridge? Once again, the text does not say anywhere that the 9x25 cartridge is intermediate.
I think you’re trying to fool me?
Okay. Here are the complete quotes.
However, further study of the cartridge caused the officers to ask a puzzled question: “was it worth the effort?” The testers even conducted test firing from the “Hungarian” with a 9x19 mm cartridge, finding that the average increase in velocity was only 5 m/s. And increasing the barrel length to 500 mm did not have much effect either. And why, one wonders, did they pile it on?
“The 39.M carbine cartridge cannot be considered a high-power pistol cartridge at all, like, for example, the cartridge for the 7.62 mm American M-1 carbine, since it is less powerful than some regular pistol cartridges.”
It was not possible to check the full cycle of reliability of the automatic system, since not many cartridges were delivered with the “Hungarian”. 20 shots were fired with dry parts, dusty and thickly lubricated. The 39M passed this stage with dignity, the automatic system worked without failures.
I will explain. These are tests of the weapon’s reliability. The testers themselves removed the grease from the weapon and fired 20 shots. Then they sprinkled dust on the weapon and fired 20 shots again. Then they lubricated the weapon with a large amount of grease and fired 20 shots. The weapon proved itself reliable. The condition of the weapon and the cartridge is not mentioned.
because it’s physically impossible. A bullet won’t even penetrate a helmet at that distance. If I throw a rock at your head, it will do more damage than a 9mm bullet at 600 meters. The real combat effectiveness of a submachine gun is 100 meters. Maximum 150 meters. People invented the intermediate cartridge for a reason, you know.
Bro. They fired different bullets from the same weapon. What, you just took the data from the MP40? Well done. I’ll just applaud. The MP40 barrel length is 140 mm, I think. But the 39M has 500 mm.
The funniest thing is that Kiraly himself made the Danuvia 44.M for the 9x19 cartridge.
