Price question
I just wonder if someone know, or at least have a guestimation, what a Suomi m/1931 Sub-Machine Gun costed back in the late 30's? I have found out at a german M.P 40 costed about 60 RM. Would the cost...
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Wasn't the MP40 of a more simiplified design, with more stamped plates, where Suomi would use machined metal and wood?Best regards Pengolodh The fact that you needed to know was not known at the time...
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"Price" is a slippery concept. It obviously includes cost, but also profit, tooling costs, etc. Given Penglodh's comments, the Suomi gun could cost as much as 10 times the MP40: smaller production run...
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From this site, it seems that the Suomi SMG was very solidly manufactured indeed. "Everlasting" and "milled from solid steel castings" are terms cropping up in the description of the weapon.Best...
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Seems like "as much as 10 times as expensive" may be optimistic, then. It could easily be quite a bit more than that. I wonder if the Suomi was a bit overspecified, like the coffee maker installed in...
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the most amazing for me was the STEN the cost of which was got down to a few shillings the lowest cost producer I believe being in Canada
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The swedish Carl Gustaf K-pist m/45 AKA The Swedish-K costed 60 SEK. A SEK was about 0.25$ prior to WWII. As Iv'e read today they can be produced for about 700 SEK or just under 100$. That's why I...
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As I said, there are quite a few factors involved: tooling costs (I suspect Finland would have to import everything), labor costs (while which depends on the skill level required in assembly and...
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