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Błyskawica submachine gun
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Błyskawica submachine gun

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Country of origin Poland
ManufacturerArmia Krajowa
The Błyskawica (Polish: 'lightning') was a submachine gun produced by the Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, a Polish resistance movement fighting the Germans in occupied Poland. Together with a Polish version of the Sten sub-machine gun, with which it shares some design elements, it was the only weapon mass-produced covertly in occupied Europe during World War II.

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Specifications

Length
0.73 m
Number built
700
Introduced
1943
Entered service
1943
Retired
1945

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q1022095