Chapter 146: Star of Finland

Finland, a small country located on the border of Northern Europe, produced the most sophisticated and outstanding submachine guns in the entire World War II.

Just like the German armored forces, the Soviet artillery, and the American aviation, as a small and weak country that played a marginal role in World War II, the Somi M1931 submachine gun born in Finland was undoubtedly the most powerful in the world before the Cold War. There is no such thing as an excellent submachine gun.

As early as the Soviet-Finnish war in which the Soviet Union acted as the invading party, the Finnish field troops wearing skis and wearing pure white snow camouflage uniforms and holding Somi submachine guns gave unprecedented combat effectiveness to the people who had just experienced the Great Purge. Afterwards, the Soviet army suffered heavy casualties.

The Somi submachine gun loaded with 71 rounds of large drum ammunition has demonstrated extremely excellent performance in the hands of the elite field troops of the Finnish army. This type of submachine gun produced from high-quality chromium-nickel alloy steel has an abnormality among submachine guns. Accuracy. The process of producing high-precision rifle barrels uses lathes to precision grind and drill. The barrels not only have excellent ballistic performance but are also extremely reliable. Even in the freezing temperatures of minus 40 degrees in Finland, they can still be used at any time without being affected. Fire and shoot.

It has a huge ammunition capacity of 71 rounds, a theoretical limit rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute, and the production process is comparable to that of a sniper rifle. It is made with Finnish precision.

After all the advantages and attributes are added together, it finally brings unprecedented and extremely reliable powerful performance to the Somi submachine gun.

The Soviet army, which had just experienced the Great Purge and was highly dogmatic, became a stepping stone for the Somi submachine gun to gain a reputation. The Finnish field troops, who were haunting the snowy mountains and forests of Finland, used this sophisticated light weapon to cause the Soviet army a huge headache. .

The legendary sniper king Simon Haye even carried a Somi submachine gun as a secondary weapon, regardless of the professional characteristics of snipers who required to travel as lightly as possible. When conditions permitted, he used his Somi submachine gun to shoot at Soviet soldiers at close range, earning his reputation as the "White Death" in the harsh Finnish winter.

Comrade Stalin, who was shadowed by the Somi submachine gun during the Soviet-Finnish war, immediately ordered the reverse dismantling and reference work of the captured Somi submachine guns after the end of the war.

Although the high-quality chromium-nickel alloy steel high-precision barrel used in the Somi submachine gun was considered difficult to adapt to wartime mass production by Soviet firearms engineers and was abandoned.

However, based on the actual combat feedback experience and some opinions of Soviet soldiers on the front line, the unique large-capacity drum used in the Somi submachine gun has been retained in the Soviet submachine guns.

Whether it is the rare Bobod submachine gun, or the Bobosha submachine gun that later became so classic that it became one of the symbols of the Red Army. The large-capacity drum drum almost became the standard firearm component of the Soviet submachine gun in World War II. This also shows that the Somi submachine gun has an extremely excellent long-term design concept since its birth.

He held this brand new submachine gun in his hand that looked very similar to the Bobosha 41 submachine gun. After looking at and playing with it for a long time, he finally recognized the identity of the Suomi submachine gun.

Although Malashenko, who traveled from later generations, knew that the German army during World War II had purchased a batch of Somi submachine guns from the slave country Finland to equip some elite armed SS troops and Wehrmacht troops, but I never thought that I would be lucky enough to personally capture such a legendary weapon on the Soviet-German battlefield in 1941.

"Awesome! This is definitely the most powerful self-defense weapon that every tank soldier dreams of, bar none! Before the appearance of STG44, there was nothing better than her."

Whether it is the MP38/40 submachine gun that the German army was equipped with in batches at this time, or the Soviet Army's Poposa 41 submachine gun that has not yet been officially finalized and put into production on a large scale, it is difficult to charge with the Somi, which is expensive and can be called the aristocrat of submachine guns. Comparable to guns. Even the powerful "Chicago Typewriter" in the hands of the US military on the other side of the ocean is still only beaten in front of the Somi submachine gun.

He had never seen his superior looking at a submachine gun so fascinated and fascinated. Kirill, who had some doubts in his heart, was holding the MG34 general machine gun that was like a fire stick in his hand. , then stepped forward and spoke quietly to Malashenko.

"Sir, is there anything strange about this German submachine gun? Why are you so fascinated by it?"

Listening to the quiet questions coming from Kirill's mouth, Malashenko, who was immersed in joy as if he had won a five-million-dollar jackpot, immediately smiled and answered.

"You little idiot! This baby is not the work of those Nazi Germans. It is a submachine gun made in Finland, one of their servant countries. It is much better than those German submachine guns that use wire as the butt!"

After sighing in his mouth, he immediately turned around with the Somi submachine gun without a drum installed. Malashenko, who was extremely excited, immediately walked towards the reporter William who was not far away and was chatting without a word. Lavrinenko spoke loudly.

"Hey! Lavry! Get that German reporter and that SS leader over here. I have something to ask them."

Lavrinenko, who was preaching to journalist William about praising the great Soviet communism, had to give up temporarily after hearing Malashenko's shouting. Escorted to Malashenko.

"Listen, SS leader, I have something to ask you. As for you, Wilhelm, translate it all to him verbatim."

Facing Malashenko's command, reporter William, who is proficient in Russian, nodded quickly.

"I want to know how many more of these submachine guns you have in these trucks. Don't try to prevaricate me by thinking that I don't understand your German weapons. I'm not referring to those MP38 and MP40 submachine guns, but specifically to She, the Finnish-made Somi submachine gun, told me the answer.”

When reporter William translated what he said to Clauseheim word for word as Malashenko requested, he never thought that the Soviet major in front of him would be so familiar with the German standard small weapons. Seheim couldn't help but look surprised.

This sophisticated submachine gun produced in Finland is not even known by most front-line troops and even senior officers in the German army, or even does not recognize it at all.

But the Soviet tank major in front of him seemed to be as familiar as a treasure and could accurately call his name. This was simply incredible to Clauseheim.

"This is a Finnish-made submachine gun that was urgently allocated to our Imperial Division by superiors to enhance its positional defense capabilities and prepare for urban street fighting."