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Hotchkiss Universal SMG at the Range
I have previously filmed a semiauto Hotchkiss Universal, but until today I'd not had a chance to try shooting an intact, original automatic one. Thanks to Battlefield Vegas, I have the chance today!
Turns out, the French absolutely made the right choice taking the MAT-49 over the Hotchkiss Un...
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MP7A1 vs MP7A2: H&K's Modern PDW
Today we are taking a look at H&K's PDW, the MP7. Specifically, we're going to go over the changes made form the MP7A1 to the MP7A2 pattern...
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Development of the CZ Skorpion from Laugo Prototype to Evo3A1
The CZ Skorpion grew out of a Czech Army request for a new 9x19mm SMG as the newly formed Czech Republic pivoted to a Western orientation in the 1990s. The CZ factory took a look at what it already had that might be suitable, and did in fact revisit the vz.61 Skorpion design in 9x19mm (originally...
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MPi-81: Steyr Basically Makes the Uzi
The MPi-69 was adopted by Austria to replace its aging MP40 submachine guns, and it included an unorthodox charging handle design connected to the sling. Clearly this didn’t turn out to be such a great idea, because when the questions of Austrian military SMGs was revisited in 1981, the feature w...
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Poland's Problematic First SMG: The wz.39 Mors
Designed by Piotr Wilniewczyca and Jan Skrzypinski starting in 1936, the Mors was Poland's first domestic SMG. Polish police forces had purchased Thompsons and Suomi in the 1920s and 1930s, but the military still had no such guns by the 1930s. One of the main inspirations for the More was the Erm...
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Austria's Take on the Uzi: Steyr MPi-69
Designed in the 1960s by Steyr and adopted by the Austrian Army in 1969 to replace it aging MP40s, the MPi-69 is an economical and simple 9x19mm SMG. It uses many features seen in the Uzi, including the dual sear lugs, similar barrel nut, magazine in the grip, and telescoping bolt (first used by ...
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Vigneron M2: Belgium's Little-Known Post-War SMG
After World War Two, the Belgian military wanted to replace its many Sten guns with a better standard SMG. The solution was designed by Colonel Georges Vigneron in 1953, and adopted by all branches of the Belgian military (as well as the Force Publique in the Belgian Congo) in 1954. This is a ver...
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SIG MKPS: Possibly the Most Beautiful SMG Ever Made
SIG began making SMGs in the 1920s with a licensed copy of the Bergmann. In 1927 the license expired, and they began working on their own designs, the first of which was introduced as the Modell 1930. This was replaced in 1933 by a design from SIG engineer Gotthard End, using Pal Kiraly’s lever-d...
