"pps-43"

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• 2011-10-19 evening Complete

  Mark Koernke discussed improvised weapons production philosophy, emphasizing crude but effective designs over complex modern systems. He detailed the historical use of mortars in warfare and provided technical instructions for building improvised mortar simulators using galvanized pipe, grenade simulators, and artillery simulators. Koernke then examined submachine gun designs from World War II, including the British Sten gun, Russian PPS-43, and German Volksgrenadier weapons, highlighting how wartime production constraints led to simplified, mass-producible designs. He emphasized the importance of straight-case ammunition and blowback systems for reliability and ease of manufacture, and praised the Sten gun's distributed production model where civilians manufactured components in their homes and garages.