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[@Legatus Bellum]
When I began work on the weapons available to our characters, I focused on equipment made in the late 1930s. Therefore, anything used in 1940 and later was off limits. Some of this stuff, I really like, including this SMG, so I included it with the foot note that it is still under production. but if [@LetMeDoStuff] wants to include it, this is his prerogative. His guidance was to focus on equipment used in the late 1930s. 

[hider=AC140]The AC140 (Automatic Carbine, Model 140 or Machine Pistol 140) is a submachine gun originally designed in 134 by Grigory Rubinov. The AC140 has a conventional wooden stock, fired from an open bolt, and capable of selective fire. This weapon weighs 3.2Kg empty and measures 79cm in length. The barrel length is just over 27cm. The weapon chambers a 7.62x25mm cartridge, using a blowback or open blot operation. It sports an impressive 800 – 1000 rounds per minute with a 490-meters per second muzzle velocity. Its effective firing range is an unimpressive 200 meters, but is quite durable. This SMG using a 25-round detachable box magazine or a 71-round drum magazine. It is quite popular with then Avean Infantry officer corps.[/hider] The AC140 is based on the Soviet [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPD-40]PPD-40[/url] which was produced and issued as of 1935.
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/PPD-34.JPG/450px-PPD-34.JPG[/img]

[hider=ACsh-141]ACsh141 (Automatic Carbine Model 141 or Short Machine Pistol 141) is a submachine gun designed in 139 by Karl Short to improve upon the AC140, still in production. The ACsh141 is a cheap, reliable, and simplified alternative to the AC140. The Short Carbine is a magazine fed selective fire submachine gun using an open bolt, blowback operation. Made largely of stamped steel, it can be loaded with either a box or drum magazine and fires the 7.62x25mm cartridge. The ACsh-141 weighs 3.63kg and measures 84cm in length. The Short SMG has a rate of fire of 900 – 1100 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 488 meters per second. This weapon has an effective range out to 150 meters and can engage targets out to 250 meters. The weapon can employ a 35-round detachable box magazine or a 71-round drum magazine. [b]This weapon is still in production and expected to come off the assembly line soon[/b].[/hider]The ACsh 141 is based off the Soviet [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41]PPSh-41[/url] which is an outstanding submachine gun. Many German soldiers invading the Soviet Union in 1941 dropped their weapons in favor of the Soviet SMG. This gun was issued in 1941.
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/PPSh-41_from_soviet.jpg/450px-PPSh-41_from_soviet.jpg[/img]




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We'll stick with the first. Don't want too much of an advantage in firefights.