KIS (weapon)
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| KIS | |
|---|---|
 KIS submachine gun | |
| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1943 to 1945 |
| Used by | Poland |
| Wars | WW2 |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1943[1] |
| Produced | 1943 to 1944 [2] |
| No. built | ~37–38 |
| Variants | None |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 600 mm |
| Barrel length | 220 mm [2] |
| Cartridge | 9×19mm Parabellum |
| Caliber | 9 mm |
| Action | Open-Bolt Blowback |
| Muzzle velocity | 335.36 m/s (1,100 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 100 m |
| Feed system | 32 round box magazine |
KIS was the name of a Polish submachine gun from the time of the Second World War. It was designed and manufactured by engineers in Jan Piwnik's "Ponury" ("Grim") partisan group that was operating in Holy Cross Mountains region.[2]
The weapon was patterned after Sten, retaining its left-side magazine. Main differences were a longer barrel, with conical rear part, and lack of stock – the gun had a pistol grip instead.[3] [2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Polish Underground Sten Gun Production During World War Two". cruffler.com. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
Between November 1943 and summer 1944, a group including Polikarp Rybicki, Witold Szafranski and Stanislaw Skorupka made 37 parts kits for a simplified Sten lookalike called the KIS at a base in the Swietokrzyskie Mountains. The KIS lacked a stock and had an integral pistol grip. Unlike the Sten, it had no barrel nut. The barrel was thick at the breech end, tapering toward the muzzle.
- ^ a b c d Uzbrojenie: Pistolet maszynowy "KIS"
- ^ "Small Arms Illustrated: Pre-1946 Small Arms, Poland". thinlineweapons.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Kazimierz Satora - "Produkcja Uzbrojenia w Polskim Ruch Oporu 1939-45", Warszawa 1985
- Kazimierz Satora "Podziemne zbrojownie polskie 1939-1944", Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, Warszawa 2001
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