KP vz. 38 | |
Type: | Submachine gun |
Service: | 1937 - Present |
Number: | 15 |
Length: | 810 mm |
Action: | Blowback |
Origin: | Czechoslovakia |
Is Ranged: | yes |
Design Date: | 1937-1938 |
Cartridge: | .380 ACP |
Weight: | 3.2 kg |
Part Length: | 230 mm |
Rate: | 500 rounds/min |
Feed: | 36 box magazine or 96 drum magazine |
Manufacturer: | Česká Zbrojovka Strakonice |
Kulometná pistole vzor 38 (machine gun pistol model 38), also referred to as Samopal vzor 38 (submachine gun model 38), was a Czechoslovak submachine gun developed during the late 1930s by František Myška.[1] [2] The weapon was officially put into service with the Czechoslovak Army with an order of initial 3,500 pieces to be produced.[3] [4] However, due to the Sudeten crisis, the full-scale production of the submachine gun was halted with minuscule numbers being fully completed. None of the completed samples managed to be used by Czechoslovak soldiers.