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Suomi KP/-31
The Suomi KP/-31 (aka Suomi M/31), commonly known as Suomi submachine gun (Suomi konepistooli) in Finland, was a sub-machine gun based on the early Bergmann MP18 design. First designed in 1922, by Aimo J. Lahti, the gun was revealed to public in 1925. The Suomi (which means Finland) KP/-31 was in service in the Finnish Armed Forces from 1931 to the 1960's, and was also deployed in large numbers by other military forces during the Second World War. Some special versions stayed in service through the 1980s.
While somewhat similar in appearance and shape to the Soviet PPD-40 and PPSh-41, the KP/-31 is not functionally related to the two (The KP/-31 has a straight blowback action, while the PPD and PPSh-41 rely on an open-bolt system.) However, Soviet experiences against the KP/-31's 71 round drum magazine during the Winter War did inspire the drum mags that would later be used on their own PPD-40s and PPSh-41s; this is the only significant relation between the designs.
Specifications
(1922 – 1968)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 9x19mm
- Weight: 10.1 lbs (4.6 kg)
- Length: 34.3 in (87 cm)
- Barrel length: 12.4 in (31.4 cm)
- Capacity: 20, 36, 50-round box magazine, 40 or 71-round drum magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Rear of the Enemy (V tylu vraga) | Finnish soldiers | 1941 | ||
| The Girl from Leningrad (Frontovye podrugi) | Finnish soldiers | 1941 | ||
| The Murderers are Coming (Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu) | Oleg Zhakov | The Nazi German Captain | 1942 | |
| Viktor Kulakov | Nazi German soldier | |||
| Aleksandr Antonov | Müller | |||
| Aleksandra Danilova | Female partisan | |||
| Uncredited | Pet'ka | |||
| Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) | Valeriy Medvedev | Pet'ka Volzhanin | 1942 | |
| Antosha Rybkin | Red Army soldiers | 1942 | ||
| We Will Come Back (Sekretar raykoma) | Boris Poslavsky | Semyon Rotman | 1942 | |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Sasha Rusov | |||
| Aleksandr Antonov | Potapenko | |||
| Soviet partisans | ||||
| Elusive Jan (Neulovimyy Yan) | Evgeniy Samoylov | Jan Smudek | 1942 | |
| Invincible (Nepobedimye) | Aleksandr Khvylya | Dmitri Pronin | 1943 | |
| Boris Blinov | Bondaretz | |||
| In the Name of the Fatherland (Vo imya Rodiny) | Soviet soldiers | 1943 | ||
| The Turning Point (Velikiy perelom) | Vladimir Maryev | Lt. Fyodorov | 1945 | |
| Pavel Volkov | Yefreytor Stepan | |||
| The Unknown Soldier (1955) | Reino Tolvanen | Cpl. Rokka | 1955 | |
| Finnish soldiers | ||||
| Reptilicus | Carl Ottosen | Gen. Mark Grayson | Husqvarna m/37-39 | 1961 |
| Danish soldiers | ||||
| The Olsen Gang in a Fix | Mozerella's trenchcoat thugs | Husqvarna m/37-39 | 1969 | |
| Peter Steen | Inspector Mortensen | |||
| Cuba | Cuban guerillas | With stick magazines | 1979 | |
| The Winter War | Finnish troops | 1989 | ||
| Ambush (Rukajärven tie) | Finnish troops | 1999 | ||
| The Cuckoo | Finnish officer | 2002 | ||
| Tali-Ihantala 1944 | Finnish troops | 2007 | ||
| Max Manus: Man of War | Aksel Hennie | Max Manus | 2008 | |
| Flame and Citron | Mads Mikkelsen | Jørgen 'Citron' Haagen Schmith | Husqvarna m/37-39 | 2008 |
| Danish nazis and resistance fighters | ||||
| Land of Mine | Danish soldier | with stick magazine | 2015 | |
| The Unknown Soldier (2017) | Eero Aho | Corporal Rokka | 2017 | |
| Eemeli Louhimies | Private Asumaniemi | |||
| Finnish soldiers |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The War Game | . | East German soldier | . | 1965 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mod | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope | . | . | 2003 |
| Deadfall Adventures | . | . | 2013 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Count Cagliostro's hencheman | 1979 |