KIS (weapon)

KIS (weapon)

Infobox Weapon|is_ranged=yes


caption=Kis and - Sten-similar pistols
name=KIS
type=submachine gun
origin=flagcountry|Poland
era=WW2
platform=Individual
target=personnel
design_date=1943
production_date=1943 to 1944
service=?? to end war
used_by=Poland
wars=WW2
spec_type=
caliber=9 mm
part_length=?? mm
cartridge=9 mm Luger
feed=32 rounds
action=blowback
rate=?? round/min
velocity=
weight=?? kg
length=?? mm
variants=none
number=~37-38
range=100 m

Kis was the name of a Polish machine pistol from the time of the Second World War. It was designed and manufactured by engineers in Jan Piwnik's "Ponury" ("Grim") guerrilla unit that was operating in Holy Cross Mountains region. It was probably the only kind of modern firearm that could be manufactured in the forest without the need for sophisticated tools and factory equipment until the Vietnam War, when South Vietnamese blacksmiths copied American firearms.Fact|date=August 2007


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