Suomi KP-31 seized in Brazil. This is the export model with bipod and fire selector, it also appears to have been fitted with a custom pistol grip.
Posted by Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 19 comments
PackageSignal4244@reddit
i always find it funny (albeit very sad) that all matter of silly guns end up in my country, guns that started normal, but the cartels sillyfied them
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
This might be one of the KP-31s were issued to the Special Police in Rio (the capital at the time) during the Vargas era (it is know from photos that at least some of those had bipods).
Those were probably bought in very small numbers (One source says two were issued for each shock unit of the special police; according to the another source there were four shock units, meaning there would be around 8 guns).
I've also read the KP-31 was used in the Chaco War, but i could not find any actual evidence.
Bao_Chi-69@reddit
Where is this from? From what state this civil police's 23rd PD is from?
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
Federal District.
Bao_Chi-69@reddit
Você tem a notícia?
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
https://www.pcdf.df.gov.br/noticias/10424/23-dp-prende-autor-de-homicidio-e-roubo-qualificado
Bao_Chi-69@reddit
Não abre, mas valeu assim mesmo.
Quick-Command8928@reddit
Id be suprised if finland was willing to sell kp 31s for the chaco war considering by that point they knew war with the soviets was coming and they were doing their best to arm their own army.
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
They did make some guns for the export market (with extra features like selectors, bipods and foregrips).
In 1934 they even made some top-feeding prototypes for an Iranian contract that went nowhere.
Quick-Command8928@reddit
Interesting, i had no clue. Finnish weapon prototypes from the interwar era are some of the most unique guns
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
Allegedly some Suomis were also used in the Spanish Civil War (mainly by Republicans in the Basque Country).
There is not much evidence for it either, supposedly the French seized a few Suomis from ''various sources'' (if true, they probably seized them from the Republicans who crossed the border into France) and used them at the start of WW2.
MonochromaticPencil@reddit
And it's in my state. Fantastic find, in sad conditions tho...
Carlicioso@reddit
Pronto pra furar os alemão
ErraticPragmatic@reddit
como uma arma finlandesa foi parar nessa favela?
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
Parece que ela foi usada pela Policia Especial do Vargas mas em um numero pequeno (O livro Vargas e a crise dos anos 50 fala em duas "metralhadoras Swomi" para cada pelotão de choque); sendo ate usada contra o Levante Integralista em 1938.
Carlicioso@reddit
Provavelmente foi roubada de um clube de tiro
cupcayuk@reddit
Sen määki haluaisin tietää...
Friendly_Hornet8900@reddit (OP)
A number of KP-31s were issued to police forces in the capital during the Vargas Era
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