FIN - Lahti / Saloranta m/26

Lahti/Saloranta -pikakivääri m/26


The machine gun, manufactured in 1926-1942, was designed by Aimo Lahti in 1925 and, after the recommendation of the Armaments Commission, was introduced into the armament of the Finnish army in 1926. For its needs, more than 5,000 pieces were produced in the Soviet caliber 7.62x54R. For the Chinese army, where it was delivered in the number of 1,200 pieces (from the original 30,000 piece order) in 1937, then in the German caliber 7.92x57 (today marked 8x57KS). For training purposes, the weapon was still used in 1985 and it was not until 1990 that all weapons were decommissioned.
The accessories of the machine gun consisted of a spare barrel in a tube, a bag with spare parts, including the breech and a bag for five 20-round magazines. The shooter carried one bag, his assistant carried two bags.
A total of 1,200 rounds per machine gun were calculated daily. 3-5 morning doses were recommended.
The barrel was exchangeable, company materials talk about the exchange within 7-8 seconds, the official prescription speaks about 25-30 seconds. When replacing the hot barrel, the breech was to be replaced at the same time, which was somewhat impractical.
According to experience, it was a relatively heavy weapon. It was made to small tolerances, so it was accurate, but it suffered from unreliable function when dirty and froze at low temperatures.
The low capacity of the tank also bothered me. These were 20 morning mailboxes. According to the regulations, the weapon should have 75 early drums, but they were not used.
The result was that in 1944, the Finnish army used a total of 1,500 pieces of these machine guns compared to 9,000 pieces of Soviet DP machine guns, also introduced into the armament of the Finnish army.



Caliber: 7.62 mm x 54R
Overall length: 1,180 mm
Barrel length: 500 mm
Intentional length: 654 mm
Weight empty: 9,320 g
Barrel weight: 1,200 g
Supply: 20 and 75 rounds magazine
Weight of 20 round hopper - empty: 450 g
- full: 900 g
Weight of 75 round hopper - empty: 2,000 g
- full: 3 750 g
Tank filler weight: 4,400 g
Firing rate: 450-550 rounds/min
Initial velocity of the projectile: 800 m/s

fotka kulometu

fotka plničky...

Excellent description just add that backup to the barrel with the conclusion (respectively, the components from which the changed weighed 2400g .
With that drum magazine, it was probably otherwise, to arms, although he belonged but was transportoován along with a supply of ammunition (not with weapons) usually on the kárách towed by a horse, and use has been prescribed only to fire on the aircraft. Apparently due to the diameter of which mattered when firing on ground targets.
there was also a small distortion of the numbers of guns in the service in 1944 was in the army 3400 units m/26 and approximately 9000 pieces of DP (number of 1500 probably refers to the number of machine guns DP captured in the winter war).

pár fotek na tuto docela raritní zbraň

děkuji za opravu a zkusím ještě jednou tu fotku

muzeum v Koblenci ten kulomet má....

trochu zblízka.....

the machine gun should work with a short barrel movement and a locking joint....

ještě detail se záběrem na napínací páku.....

mají je i v Bruselu....

jsou na saních...

detail....

Fínsky soldier with guľometom Lahti-Saloranta m/26.

http://soviet-finland.livejournal.com/70693.html

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