KIS (weapon) explained
| Is Ranged: | yes |
| KIS |
| Type: | Submachine gun |
| Origin: | Poland |
| Design Date: | 1943[1] |
| Production Date: | 1943 to 1944 [2] |
| Service: | 1943 to 1945 |
| Used By: | Poland |
| Wars: | WW2 |
| Caliber: | 9 mm |
| Part Length: | 220 mm |
| Cartridge: | 9×19mm Parabellum |
| Feed: | 32 round box magazine |
| Action: | Open-Bolt Blowback |
| Velocity: | 335.36 m/s (1,100 ft/s) |
| Length: | 600 mm |
| Variants: | None |
| Number: | ~37–38 |
| Range: | 100 m |
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
Bibliography
- Kazimierz Satora - "Produkcja Uzbrojenia w Polskim Ruch Oporu 1939-45", Warszawa 1985
- Kazimierz Satora "Podziemne zbrojownie polskie 1939-1944", Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, Warszawa 2001
Notes and References
- Web site: Polish Underground Sten Gun Production During World War Two . . 7 April 2014 . cruffler.com. 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.. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205212310/http://www.cruffler.com/trivia-October00.html. December 5, 2022.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220304084043/http://www.dws-xip.pl/PW/bron/pw86.html Uzbrojenie: Pistolet maszynowy "KIS"
- Web site: Small Arms Illustrated: Pre-1946 Small Arms, Poland. thinlineweapons.com. https://archive.today/20230710010526/https://thinlineweapons.com/SAI/05.html. July 10, 2023.
