WIST-94 pistol

 

WIST-94 pistol.

WIST-94L pistol with integral laser aiming module, built into the hump in front of the trigger guard. Red button on the left grip panel turns the laser on when pressed.

Characteristics

Type	Double Action Only semiautomatic
Caliber(s)	9x19 Luger
Weight unloaded	730 g
Length	190 mm
Barrel length	114 mm
Magazine capacity	16 rounds

Following the fall of the Iron Curtain and the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, Poland turned to the West and eventually joined NATO. This resulted in a need for NATO-standard weapon calibers, pistols included. During 1992-94, the Military Institute of Technical Armaments (WITU - Wojskowy Instytut Techniczny Uzbrojenia) developed a new 9mm NATO pistol, known as the WIST-94. Produced at the Prexer factory in the city of Lodz, this pistol won the Polish Army trials and has been the standard sidearm of the Polish army since 1997.

The WIST-94 is short-recoil operated, locked-breech pistol using the traditional Browning-type action. The frame made from impact-resistant polymer. The barrel locks to slide using two lugs, machined on the top of the barrel; these lugs fit into cuts made on the underside of the slide. Barrel locking and unlocking is controlled by a cam-shaped cut made in the lug below the chamber area on the barrel. The trigger is of double-action-only type, striker fired. WIST-94 pistol is fitted with automatic trigger safety; no manual safety is provided. The WIST-94L differs from the standard version with the addition of the LAM (laser aiming module) that is built into the frame at the front of the trigger guard.

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P-83 pistol

P-83 pistol, right side.

P-83 pistol, left  side.

P-83 pistol, field stripped.

Characteristics

Type: Double Action
Calibers: 9x18 Makarov
Weight unloaded: 730 g
Length: 165 mm
Barrel length: 90 mm
Capacity: 8 rounds

The P-83 pistol (officially designated as 9 mm pistolet wz. 1983) has been developed during early eighties at the state-owned Z. M. Lucznik arms factory. It is used by Polish military and police, and provided some improvements over previous P-64 service pistol in terms of both cost and combat effectiveness.

P-83 is a blowback operated, semiautomatic pistol. Both frame and slide are made by stamping, forming and welding from steel sheet parts to minimize production costs. Grip panels are plastic. Double action trigger with slide-mounted decocking safety and external hammer provide necessary safety and handling features. Unlike the P-64, the P-83 also features an external slide stop catch to facilitate faster magazine change, but magazine release catch is still located at the bottom of the grip. The disassembly catch is a separate part, located within the trigger guard. To remove the slide, this part is pulled down, and slide then is pulled all the way back and then up and out of the gun. Single stack magazine contains eight rounds. Sights are fixed, with rear sight being dovetailed into the slide.

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P-64 pistol

P64 pistol, right side.

P64 pistol, left side.

P64 pistol, field stripped.

Characteristics

Type: Double Action
Calibers: 9x18 Makarov
Weight unloaded: 635 g
Length: 155 mm
Barrel length: 85 mm
Capacity: 6 rounds

The P-64 pistol (official designation 9 mm pistolet wz. 1964) has been developed in Poland during late 1950s and early 1960s, as a compact and lightweight replacement for Tokarev TT pistols, manufactured in Poland under soviet license. Following the Soviet road, Poland replaced the powerful 7.62x25mm ammunition with less powerful, but still effective 9x18 Makarov ammunition. P-64 has been used by both Polish military and police, and still could be found in holsters of some Polish police officers. In military service it has been superceded in mid-1980s by the P-83 pistol. The P-64 was small and light enough for a pocket or a concealed carry sidearm, but it has too small magazine, and too heavy trigger pull to be considered as a valuable service pistol. The severe felt recoil also did not helped to establish popularity for this gun.

P-64 is a blowback operated, semi-automatic weapon, made almost entirely of steel. P-64 is hammer fired, with double-action trigger and decocking safety, mounted at the left side of the slide. Safety features also include loaded chamber indicator in the form of a small pin, which protrudes from the back of the slide, above the hammer, when chamber is loaded with cartridge. Trigger guard is a separate unit, which is hinged to the frame and served as a disassembly lever when pulled down. Single stack magazine contains only 6 rounds, and magazine release catch is located at the bottom of the grip.

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Vis wz35

 

Characteristics

Type: Single Action
Chamber: 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum
Weight unloaded: 1025 g
Length: 205 mm
Barrel length: 115 mm
Capacity: 8 rounds

WiS vz35 stand for "Wilniewczyc i(and) Skrzypinski, model of 1935". Originally, it was manufactured in Poland by F.B.Radom factory.
WiS vz35 externally is very similar to famous Colt/Browning M1911 design, but internally it is different. WiS vz35 is a recoil operated, locked breech pistol that used Browning linkless (Hi-Power style) locking principle. Gun has no manual safeties: instead it has grip automatic safety (like the 1911) and the frame-mounted decocker. The lever on the rear of the left side of the frame is a disassembly (takedown) latch. Guns made for Polish military in 1935-1939 also had shoulder-stock mount on the rear of the grip. During WW2, some WiS vz35 were manufactured for German Military in Austria using original Poland made parts.
Original WiS vz35 were standart issue handguns for the Polish military. In 1992 the manufacturing of the WiS vz35 in Poland was re-started on custom basis (for collection purposes).
According to some sources (incl. Guns & Ammo magazine), WiS vz35 is one of the best handguns ever built.

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Maroszek Kb Ur wz.35 / PzB 35 anti-tank rifle

Maroszek Kb Ur wz.35 anti-tank rifle.

Type / action	manually operated bolt action
Caliber	7.92x107
Weight unloaded	9 kg
Length	1760 mm
Barrel length	1200 mm
Magazine capacity	4 rounds
Armor penetration (Range / Angle / Penetration)	100 m / 90o / 30 mm

 The Maroszek Kb Ur wz.35 anti-tank rifle was developed in Poland in mid-1930s, and kept under strict secrecy, which resulted in limited use of this weapon during the German attack on the Poland in 1939, despite the fact that this weapon was effective enough to deal with German tanks of the period. Some Maroszek Kb Ur wz.35 anti-tank rifles were captured by German army, where these were known as PzB 35(p). The peculiar name "Kb Ur" comes from the attempt of the Polish army to disguise this development as the "rifle for Uruguay". Rifle was built around proprietary, rifle-caliber round (metric designation 7.92x107), which had very long and slender case, and was loaded with conventional, lead-cored jacketed bullet  (12.8 gram, 1220 m/s). Due to the very high muzzle velocities, the barrel life of the rifle was relatively short (barrels normally had to be replaced every 300 rounds or so). Total production of the wz.35 anti-tank rifles is estimated at about 6 500 guns, which were delivered to Polish army before the German occupation. 

The Maroszek Kb Ur wz.35 anti-tank rifle is amanually operated, bolt action rifle. It uses Mauser-type rotary bolt with frontal locking lugs. Feed is from detachable box magazine which holds 4 rounds. Rifle is equipped with traditional wooden stock and folding bipod. The long barrel is fitted with effective muzzle brake. Iron sights are of fixed type, set for 300 meters range.

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