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@michaelmichelsson The average person might have been more active and physically fit in the 1930s-40s than today. But the average soldier today is a different story. Modern soldiers might carry lighter weapons than their WW2 counterparts, but their overall load is if anything even heavier.
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@Richard Johnson No. The Suomi was what spurred the Soviets to develop the PPSh (prior to that, the Soviets had very few submachine guns, and the PPD was not suited for mass production), but they're completely different guns. The PPSh's drum magazine, on the other hand, is a copy of the Suomi's drum.
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There's a damn good reason the MP5 is still so widely used, even decades later and with so many cheaper options available.
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The Suomi even uses the same stick mags as the kpist 45b. Didn't originally, but basically all of them were adapted to use that mag post-WW2 since it was more reliable than any of the existing Finnish mags.
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