Thursday 14 September 2017

SMG Showdown

In December of 1941, the Soviets decided to test a bunch of SMGs. The SMGs were as follows:
"Model 1940" (PPD)
"Model 1941" (PPSh)
Suomi
Bergman BMP-34 #260
Schmeisser 18/28 #77598
Neuhausen
(They also had something called an Esti, but no ammunition for it).


"Firing of the Esti submachinegun was not performed, due to a lack of ammunition for it. 

The results of trials are attached in table 5. Average results are summarized in the following table.

Name
Type of fire
Spread
Group center offset
R100
R50
Horizontal
Vertical
Mod. 1940
Single
24.4
8.1
+17.0
+6.2
Burst
62.0
24.8
+29.8
+2.8
Mod. 1941
Single
17.2
7.0
+16.5
-3.5
Burst
37.4
15.7
+24.3
-2.2
Suomi
Single
17.4
7.0
+12.5
+12.6
Burst
36.3
11.5
+21.0
+2.3
Bergmann BMP-34
Single
16.4
5.9
+13.4
+11.7
Burst
22.9
14.2
+16.6
+4.0
Schmeisser 18/28
Single
20.9
8.5
-13.6
-1.5
Burst
41.3
13.9
-8.8
+0.3
Neuhausen
Single
14.3
6.1
+36.9
+7.7
Burst
21.8
7.1
+25.5
+9.0

The data shows that the best precision, either when shooting in bursts or in single fire, is achieved by the Neuhausen submachinegun.
The worst precision results were achieved by the model 1940 submachinegun."

Via Andrei Ulanov.

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