One gun that has always made me wonder why this POS terrorist choose it was Yasir Arafats subgun ...a PM -63. He kept that at arms length at all times.
http://world.guns.ru/smg/pm63_2.jpg
I attended the foreign materials intel groups weapons courses at Aberdeen and a few others st Springfield VA, Camp Harvey NC etc many times and never got to shoot or handle this weapon. Not even sure they had one in their armories. You ever lay hands on the PM-63 aka Pistolet Maszynowy wz.63 ?
Never even knew it existed until you mentioned it. It looks like a ripoff of the Czech "Scorpion". Maybe Afarat chose it because he couldn't handle a "manly man" cartridge like a 9mm.
Another interesting choice was Hermann Goering's S&W Model 10. He could have had his choice of any pimped-up Walther he wanted (sorta like Saddam and his buddies, but with exquisite engraving rather than cheap gold plating), but instead bought on off-the-shelf American cop revolver from a gun dealer in Hamburg.
Remember the Godfather movie advice about keeping your friends close, but your enemies closer? I suspect Yasir the Egyptian was more concerned about an upward mobility try by one of his underlings, or a *black flag* job from his East German/Stasi control and boyfriend than he was about a serious try by the Israelis. And since Yasir spent much of his time during indoors office hours, the report and muzzle blast of the PM63 wouldn't be quite as hard on his ears.
I attended the foreign materials intel groups weapons courses at Aberdeen and a few others st Springfield VA, Camp Harvey NC etc many times and never got to shoot or handle this weapon. Not even sure they had one in their armories. You ever lay hands on the PM-63 aka Pistolet Maszynowy wz.63 ?
Yep. We had a pair of 'em at Bad Tölz for the foreign weapons fam courses, since some of the Russian SMLM observers authorized to view NATO operations in USAREUR carried the things in their diplomatic bags. The .32 auto Czech vz. 61 *Škorpion* machinepistol was another one those fellers favored, as did terrorist *Carlos the Jackal.* Though jacketed .32 ACP rounds aren't terribly great for stopping charging bears, a 10 or 20-round magazine's worth on full auto worked pretty well in those days before Kevlar undies were common, the muzzle flash and noise at night [or inside a car] was minimal, and a screw-on silencer was available. Most of the European cops back then were carrying .32ACP/7,65 Browning pocket pistols, so ammo was available for the .32; the PM-63 RAK would have been a better pick for locales where 9mm Makarov ammo was available, and more controlable than an APS Stechkin...but an awful lot of the PM-63s floating around in the world, particularly in Africa, are actually Chinese-made Type 82 copies.
If any of those courses you took were taught by *FSTC Warrant Officers* we may have crossed paths....
