Kbsp wz. 1938M

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caption=Polish Pistolet maszynowy Mors wz. 39 SMG (left) and a prototype of Karabin samopowtarzalny wz. 38M (right)
name=karabin samopowtarzalny wz.38M
type=semi automatic rifle
origin=flagcountry|Poland
era= WW2
platform= Individual
target= Personnel
design_date= 1934
production_date= 1938 to 1939
service= 1938 to 1939
used_by= Poland
wars= WW2
spec_type= semi-automatic rifle
caliber=
part_length= 625 mm
cartridge=7.92x57mm Mauser
feed= 10-round detachable box
action= Gas-Operated, Tilt locked
rate=
velocity= 2,650 ft/s (807.92 m/s)
weight=
length= 1134 mm
variants= none
number= ~ 150

The Karabin samopowtarzalny wzór 38M (Kbsp wz.38M "self-repeating rifle Model 38M"), was a Polish 7.92 mm semi-automatic rifle used by the Polish Army during the Invasion of Poland of 1939.

History

In 1934 Polish engineer Jozef Maroszek designed a prototype of a semiautomatic rifle for the Polish Army. Production was authorized at the end of 1935. In 1938 testing of the carbine ended. The Kbsp wz. 1938 was manufactured by Radom the state owned company, and by "Zbrojownia nr 2" (Armory 2) in Praga.

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