Electronic submachine guns. When will their day come?

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Submachine guns yesterday, today, tomorrow. Well, we got to the end of our series about submachine guns. Not a day or two she was going to and was not published for a week. But on the other hand, it managed to cover, if not all (and this would be a truly difficult task for one person), then very much as to stories, and the prospects for the development of this class weapons. It is clear that this topic was considered very subjective. But objectivity ... oh, and what is it, tell me when it comes to seeing the problem by one person? He can approach her as much as she wants, and yet she is unattainable for all 100%, since “how many people, so many opinions,” it was not said yesterday. Nevertheless, in the process of viewing and studying truly enormous layers of material on some chosen topic, one necessarily comes to understand some of its general patterns and prospects, and there is simply no other way.


A fighter of some special forces with a "parker" in their hands. Cool, but too unusual!




Electronic submachine guns. When will their day come?

And this is this very submachine gun with a folded butt ...


Possible ways to improve


So we, having finished this topic, came to the conclusion that ... submachine guns, although they cause a lot of controversy (as well as pistols, by the way), are needed. Private security guards, 007 agents, police, and even the army are also needed. And it is clear that they are strongly influenced by new technologies. For example, the coating was already slippery to the touch, and it was immediately put on some sort of Swiss rifle “Sieg”. It does not need lubrication and shoots very accurately. Although more expensive than the usual "trunks" in need of lubrication. Let's put such a coating on submachine guns ... Will their quality improve? Without any doubt! And so on and so forth. This is one possible way to improve them.

However, let's start with the fact that we will return to the past material in which it was told about the Swiss submachine gun “Brugger and Tome”, adopted by the US Army. And now a couple of weeks ago, the first KH9-A1 arrived in the United States. In total, 400 KH9 will be imported, however, this is already an indication that ... nobody can do without PP. This is what this sample looks like, and note that it contains as many 5 “Pikkatinni strips”. You can hang a whole set of various electronics on it!


Promotional booklet of this submachine gun.


But there is another. We are entering an era when portable computers will be filled up with everything in the world. A saucepan with a built-in microchip and a voice modulator will tell you how to cook this or that dish in it and warn you about readiness. The kettle will inform you about the quality of the water, well, and there's nothing to say about the toilet - it will tell you everything about you right there, and even give you a printout of what to eat, how much to drink and how to physically strain yourself so that the analyzes will return to normal. And, by the way, there are already such toilet bowls in Japan!


Submachine gun has many modifications. Here is a sample of the BT-GHM9 with a tactical flashlight and twin stores.



He is wearing a muffler.


Your weapon is a “shooting computer”!


That is, electronics will be around us everywhere and everywhere, plants that produce something in which it is absent will become a thing of the past. The ideal will be ... "shooting computer" and a new stage of its improvement will begin! And the first steps on this path are already there. Moreover, this does not apply to all sorts of mounted devices such as laser range finders and tactical lights, but directly on the PCB design.


Fastening tactical flashlight close-up.


New "Parker Hale" with a very short barrel!


It was the case that in 1990 in England a submachine gun appeared under a traditional cartridge 9x19 and with a very short barrel the entire length of 83 mm “Parker-Hale” (Individual Devense Weapon), an individual weapon of self-defense, more like a children's toy than military weapons. Moreover, its main feature was not its appearance - just very traditional in all respects, but the fact that electronics were widely used in its design.


Police model BT-GHM9-G-2.



BT-APC9-G-5 with a Glock pistol magazine.


Once again, if we are talking about electronic sighting devices or something else like that, no matter how difficult they are, no one says anything bad about them, except that they scold the added weight. But as soon as electronics appear in the weapon itself, as soon as there is a mass of doubts both in its reliability and durability, and most importantly, in the expediency of such a decision. What is it? Inertness of thinking? A manifestation of mass limitations peculiar to human civilization, or a subconscious rejection of murder and therefore the improvement of its tools? Hard to say. For example, the Osa traumatic pistol that had no problems with the law was also criticized and how. It was also stated that this weapon was not reliable until it became clear that with proper care, which, by the way, for any tool, this gun is one of the best means for self-defense. So, demonstrating an aversion to weapons with e-stuffing only because the grandfather, the hero of the Second World War, had nothing of the kind, hardly makes sense. It may well be that in the future, firearms will be a symbiosis of electronics and mechanics. And, by the way, such a symbiosis no longer bothers us in our cars, so let it not bother anyone in weapons. Otherwise, his progress would have stopped at all on a stone ax!


Sample BT-APC9-G-2.


Just an electronic module


Of course, then unknown to anyone, engineers from the UK, Evalovezh and West from Bushman Limited, took a big risk. But on the other hand, they had a compact submachine gun, which, at its more than modest size, was not only inferior to many modern models of weapons of this class, but also surpassed them in a variety of indicators and was also very easy to use. They are interested in the special services of the UK, then the US FBI and many other organizations. As a result, in the same year 1990, the company released 5500 copies of this unusual submachine gun. Interestingly, the company does not report exactly where all these BCPs went. That is, information about its owners and use is covered with black gloom!


Ukrainian submachine gun "Fort-224" based on the Israeli rifle "Tavor". It can be equipped with a tactical flashlight, laser designator, optical and night sight, as well as a Mafrolight sight, which can operate without batteries, due to the accumulation of solar energy.


Interestingly, the electronic module in this submachine gun is installed only to adjust the rate of fire, and there is nothing electronic in it. Common in all respects, PP, operating at the expense of the impact of the free gate. USM is also traditional, it allows firing with single shots and automatically, and the translator of fire modes is on the left side of the receiver so that it is convenient to press it with the thumb of the right hand when it squeezes the pistol grip. The second hand holds "Parker" for the store. New is only that it has an electronic control mechanism associated with the sear, which allows you to set the rate of fire of weapons with very high accuracy. Well, if it fails, then nothing terrible will happen: the PP will shoot with a fixed rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute, that's all. On the receiver there are signal LEDs that inform the arrow on the status of the electronic unit. That is, if the batteries of this PP sit down, he will tell you about this, and in advance. Yes, but why was this regulator needed at all? But why: the fact is that due to the fact that this submachine gun is very compact, short, roughly speaking, the stroke of it is only 51 mm, and the weight of the whole 227 g. Therefore, the rate of fire was (when firing a queue ) - 1400 rpm, and it could not be reduced by conventional methods. Meanwhile, the optimal rate of fire for a submachine gun is equal to 450 rds / min. And how else could it be reduced to this desired value without resorting to original solutions? Moreover, the presence of the regulator allows it to both lower and increase. Who, what and when needed!


And this is our famous "Parker-Hale"! Compared to the other samples presented here, it really doesn’t look very serious.


Everything else is in the best traditions of today!


Shops are traditional, box on 20, 28, 32 cartridge. Butt is available and folds to the right, as well as adjustable in length. Being folded, it does not interfere with shooting, both with one hand and with both. In the folded state, it does not interfere with firing a submachine gun with one hand as well as holding the weapon with both hands. In such a modern weapon is not used plastic, but only aluminum alloys and steel. All metal parts are protected against corrosion by burnishing. Although the base barrel is very short, the installation of interchangeable barrels of long 152, 254 and 356 millimeters is provided, which allows for improved accuracy of shooting at a distance. There are strips "picatinny", but the sights themselves are very simple. There was a very high accuracy of shooting at close range. For example, at a distance of 25 meters, a queue of twenty rounds of ammunition was able to completely lay in a semi-growth target. With a barrel in 254 millimeters and shooting with a butt at the same distance, a continuous line of twenty rounds fit in a circle with a diameter of 160 millimeters, and from 15 to 17 bullets fit in a circle with a diameter of 120 millimeters. You can put on this PP and a silencer, but only on a short barrel.

Samples for every taste!


There are three modifications of this submachine gun: MkI with an electronic retarder and MKII with a hydraulic. This model was made by order of the US Army, and, apparently, it turned out to be pointless for them to prove something. The third modification of the MkIII is a completely simplified version, which has a low rate of fire to 400 shots per minute and has eliminated the fire interpreter, since at such a rate of fire it can be adjusted by pressing the trigger.


Well, this "Parker-Hale", "hung" with all sorts of additional devices.


Interestingly, a fully charged battery allows this submachine gun to make more than 400 shots without additional charge. The resource is more than enough. Rather, you will run out of ammunition than fully discharged battery! By the way, the "automatic" with a hydraulic retarder is more expensive than the one in which the electronics are supplied, which, however, indicates a certain trend. If it goes like this, the military will accept new electronic weapons “without even loving them”, but only for cheap prices and ... they will be right! Well, we will tell you about what a cheap and fully electronic submachine gun can be for the needs of the police in the following material.

To be continued ...
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  1. +4
    24 July 2019 18: 35
    It turns out interestingly.

    More recently, battery-powered "red dot" sights and holographic sights have appeared, which do not work without electricity. Even earlier, optical sights with an illuminated aiming mark appeared. For sniper rifles, optical sights integrated with a ballistic computer (computer) are produced.

    Gradually, electrical and electronic parts "occupy" traditionally still hand firearms and inspire the creation of fundamentally new designs from scratch using electronic components in their design.

    When the mechanical trigger is universally replaced by electronic descent, this will not be a revolution, but a new evolutionary revolution.

    Electronic descent forgives the shooter's mistakes. The accuracy firing results with such a descent are dramatically improved. This is noticeable on pistols and sniper rifles. How justified is this in PP? Well, why not?
    1. +2
      24 July 2019 18: 47
      Edit: ... traditional handguns are being "occupied" ...

      Editing: ... Well, why not? As a standard solution ...
      1. +3
        24 July 2019 23: 04
        Buddy, hello! Andrei Cruz in his book "The World of the Citadel" just had automatic machines with electronic "ignition", compact, lightweight and with a small cartridge case.

        Vyacheslav, as always, thanks for the enlightenment and a good article. hi
        1. +2
          24 July 2019 23: 10
          There is no revolution yet.

          If you learn how to store and move electricity as conveniently and simply as filling cars with gasoline - then there will be a revolution in shooting. Each railgun.

          laughing

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          1. +1
            25 July 2019 15: 15
            Well, yes, an electronic submachine gun of a nuclear war weapon! A similar weapon will appear, they will invent an electro-magnetic landmine for its destruction !!!
  2. +1
    25 July 2019 05: 29
    The last photo is not Parker Hale. This is a prototype of the Bushman IDW proposed for testing the British Army. The rights to which were later bought by Parker Hale. In 99, a thirty-year-old man did not dare to call the language a novelty. I doubt that it is still in service.
  3. 0
    25 July 2019 15: 41
    The ideal will be ... a "shooting computer" and a new stage of its improvement will begin! And the first steps on this path are already there. Moreover, this does not apply to any attachments there such as laser rangefinders and tactical lights, but directly to the construction of the software.

    I disagree. Rangefinders and sights are important elements of the "firing computer" fire control system, they will help the computer decipher and determine the type of target, which determines the type, rate and amount of ammunition to defeat it, and a mobile firing device makes it possible to match the trajectories of different types of ammunition in one queue and control its position when changing its position on the ground without influencing it by the arrow, etc.
    We are waiting for the second part, perhaps it will be highlighted there.

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