The GHM-9 is a 9mm PCC from B&T that was developed as an economized alternative to the APC-9. It uses the same grip assembly as the APC-9, but a smaller and simpler upper receiver and a few of the other parts are simplified – like non-captive recoil springs. It has a variety of modular options and configurations, but not as many as B&T’s other offerings.
Oh, and the name? It’s for GrassHopper Mouse, a creature that hunts and eats scorpions. No idea what that could be a reference to…
Designed by Witold Chylewski, this was only the second pistol manufactured by SIG (the first being the 6.5mm blow-forward 1894 MAnnlicher design). It was patented prior to WW1, but only after the war was Chylewski […]
The B&T GL06 (Grenade Launcher 2006) was developed in response to a French tender for a riot-control less-lethal weapon in 2006. B&T had actually already been working on a less-lethal projectile system, which they call […]
In 1949, Israel was still fighting its was of independence, and purchasing arms internationally was difficult to do. The recently-formalized IDF wanted sniper rifles, and looked to Hammerli in Switzerland for a variant of the […]
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Thoroughly enjoy your videos. I am a Class III (37 yrs) and still enjoy learning more about the things that we like.
The Swiss seem to be congenitally incapable of building weapons that are simple and cheap, at least since the 1800s. They’ve always been the diametric opposite of “cheap and cheerful”, and one shudders to think what would have emerged from their arsenals had the mandate to do “STEN” ever have been made and taken seriously…
That being said, I wonder how far back this goes: Were Swiss Confederation crossbows noted for their “excessive” quality? Were their pikes over-designed, along with everything else their mercenaries carried across Renaissance Europe?
I’ve never seen any comparisons made, but maybe some of our readers here know how deep the mousehole goes, with this “typically Swiss trait”.
I’m thinking there was some 16th Century equivalent to Ian, working in one of the arsenals of the time, going over captured/purchased Swiss arms, and muttering darkly about the whole thing and decrying excessive ornamentation and design features…
“(…)Swiss(…)what would have emerged from their arsenals had the mandate to do “STEN”(…)”
If you want to know details of such weapon then consult https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_totale_Widerstand
Yes, even Swiss crossbows were elaborate. See
https://archive.org/details/Book_of_the_Crossbow_The_by_Sir_Ralph_Payne-Galloway
Most of the whole “crossbow mystique” was Swiss in origin.
For real fun, look up “Cantonal stutzer” sometime. Or look at an “Ohio River rifle”, the Ohio equivalent of the “Pennsylvania rifle”; it was a direct descendant of the stutzer and way more elaborate, ornate and complicated than a “Kentucky rifle”.
And yes, way more complex than any practical muzzle-loading rifle ever needed to be.
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Could be they have successfully eluded the need for cheap and simple. One of Sun Bin’s 36 Strategies involves letting your neighbors defend your interests. Given that Switzerland remains a functional country it’s hard to sneer too sincerely
The Swiss halberd was tipically on the simple side ( https://www.buyingasword.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/601109_2.jpg ).
German models tended to be more complex ( https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a1/d8/ae/a1d8ae04f94fcd5d7cfae07a216beab0.jpg ).
Everything is a tradeoff until it isn’t. Every blowback PCC infamous for excessive recoil is a direct result of the manufacturer striving for extreme compactness.
If that’s not a factor, take any of those – a MAC, or a more contemporary Hi-Point – give it a receiver that length (no fancy buffer, just plain ol’ free recoil travel) and it will be controllable AF, for an order of magnitude less money.
Hmmm, the gun is a Scorpion Killer.
Sly jab at Cz’s competing model?
Exactly. Almost obvious as well.
Was the Swiss product available on the international market? The Swiss have not been in a war for a good long while. It seems slightly impertinent to go casting down a gauntlet you know isn’t likely to be picked up.At least if you envision foreign buyers, your product might be put to the test against them nasty scorpions.
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