Bechowiec-1
Sign in to saveBechowiec (aka Bechowiec-1) was a Polish World War II submachine gun developed and produced by the underground Bataliony Chłopskie (BCh, ''Peasants' Battalions) resistance organisation. It was designed in 1943 by Henryk Strąpoć and was produced in underground facilities in the area of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Its name was coined after the Bataliony Chłopskie organization members who were informally called bechowiec (plural: bechowcy'').
Key facts
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.name
- Bechowiec
- Weapon.image
- 250px|Bechowiec SMG
- Weapon.caption
- Bechowiec SMG as seen in the Museum of the Polish Army
- Weapon.origin
- Poland
- Weapon.type
- Submachine gun
- Weapon.designer
- Henryk Strąpoć
- Weapon.design_date
- 1943
- Weapon.service
- 1943-1945
- Weapon.cartridge
- 9×19mm Parabellum7.62×25mm Tokarev
- Weapon.action
- blowback, closed bolt
- Weapon.velocity
- ca.
- Weapon.weight
- , (without / with magazine)
- Weapon.feed
- 32-round box magazine
- Weapon.sights
- Iron
- Weapon.number
- ca. 13
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- submachine gun
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Conflict
- Warsaw Uprising
- Image
- Submachine gun Bechowiec.jpg
- Length
- 455
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- service entry
- 1944-01-01
- ammunition
- 9×19 mm Parabellum
- service retirement
- 1945-01-01
- total produced
- 13
- Commons gallery
- Bechowiec-1
- Commons category
- Bechowiec-1
- inception
- 1943-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Design
- See also
- References
- External links
Bechowiec (aka Bechowiec-1) was a Polish World War II submachine gun developed and produced by the underground Bataliony Chłopskie (BCh, ''Peasants' Battalions) resistance organisation. It was designed in 1943 by Henryk Strąpoć and was produced in underground facilities in the area of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Its name was coined after the Bataliony Chłopskie organization members who were informally called bechowiec (plural: bechowcy'').
==History== The gun's designer was Henryk Strąpoć (born 1922), a blacksmith and self-taught amateur gunsmith in the village of Czerwona Góra, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Between 1936 and 1939 he illegally built four semi-automatic pistols of his own design. During the German occupation of Poland he became a gunsmith for the local Bataliony Chłopskie underground organization. In the spring of 1943 he completed a working prototype of his own submachine gun, later named Bechowiec. He later improved the design with a help of Jan Swat, who formerly worked as a mechanic in the metalworks in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
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