CZ-75 (Mini-MP) / Use in the DDR ?

[Hans1906]

In a documentary about the transport of cash to the DDR during the period of reunification, East German police officers (Volkspolizei) were seen with very small submachine guns, hardly larger than a normal self-loading pistol.

Was it the Czech weapon, or a weapon, that was produced in the GDR, that would be my question..?

CZ-75 automatic (full-auto)



Hans

[peeved]

According to this link https://www.czforthosewhoknow.com/blog/ ... automatic/ initially developed in 1991 and produced sporadically between 1995 and 2007.

Markus

[Hans1906]

Thanks Markus,

so, this "mini MP" was never produced in the DDR, they used the original czech model..?


Hans

[JTV]

In a documentary about the transport of cash to the DDR during the period of reunification, East German police officers (Volkspolizei) were seen with very small submachine guns, hardly larger than a normal self-loading pistol.

Could have been Soviet Stechkin, Czechoslovakian Skorpion or Polish PM-63?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stechkin_automatic_pistol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0korpion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FB_PM-63

[Hans1906]

Hi JTV,

thank you for the links, it was probably the polish "PM-63" in the documentary on the TV.

Link to the "Police History Collection" in the city of Dresden: https://sachsen.museum-digital.de/object/9743

The mini MPs in the hands of the Volkspolizei in the 1990s TV documentary were really small !


Hans

[Hans1906]

A photo of the "PM-63" in use in the DDR, and another very informative link:

Polens stählerner Krebs: Serienfeuerwaffe PM-63 Rak https://www.all4shooters.com/de/shootin ... d-technik/

Thanks for your attention!


Hans