FNAB-43 [SEP] service entry
FNAB-43
The FNAB-43 is an Italian designed and developed submachine gun manufactured from 1943 to 1944. The first prototype was built in 1942 and the 7,000 built by the FNA-B ("Fabbrica Nazionale d'Armi di Brescia", "Brescia National Arms Factory", hence the name) were issued to German and Italian RSI (Repubblica Sociale Italiana) units fighting in Northern Italy. The FNAB-43 was an expensive weapon to manufacture as it used extensive milling and precision engineering in its manufacture.
Description.
The FNAB-43 uses a
Win STEN". The Burmese copies were roughly manufactured and unreliable, but they remained in service into the mid-1980s with their infantry and even into the early 1990s with support troops.
Development.
Compared to the FNAB-43, the TZ-45 is much more the sort of weapon one would expect in that place and at that time. It was made out of metal stampings, welded together in parts, and the finish is rudimentary. For all that, it worked and managed to exhibit one or two interesting features. The action