Firearms / Sub machine guns / Sola Super
Sola Super
General Facts
- TYPE
Sub machine gun - ORIGIN
Luxembourg - NICKNAMES
- - DESIGNED
Early 1950's - DESIGNER
Jansen - Société Luxembourgeoise d'Armes SA - PRODUCTION
1954 - 1957 - PRODUCERS
Luxembourg - SOLA - QUANTITY
Unknown - UNIT COST
Unknown - CHARACTERISTICS
Very limited costs
Easy to produce
Easy to maintain
Limited production quality
Low reliability
Introduction
The Sola Super is a sub machine gun of Luxembourgeoise origin. It was designed in the early 1950's as an ultra cheap weapon for export sales. Despite its low cost sales were rather limited due to its size, weight and limited reliability. After a few years production was discontinued.
Design
The Sola Super resembles the Vigneros both externally and internally. The Sola Super is a blowback operated weapon that consists of only 38 parts. With the exception of the pistol grip the weapon is fully made out of metal. A retractable wire shoulder stock is fitted. The magazines doubles as a forward grip.
Firepower
The Sola Super fires the 9x19mm round from 32 round box magazines of the same type as used in the MP40. The cyclic rate of fire is 550 rpm. The rather long barrel results in a good range and high muzzle velocity. The muzzle compensator helps a little to fight the rather strong recoil. The maximum effective range is 150 meters.
Users
Even though the Sola Super was very cheap it did not sell very well. Other weapons on the market were only slightly more expensive and of much better quality. Quantities have been exported to Africa and South America.
Sola Super
The Sola Super is a sub machine gun that is inspired by the Belgian Vigneron and looks rather similar. The original model was found rather heavy and in order to improve sales the Sola Léger was introduced. As the name suggests the Sola Léger is a lightened model. The trigger system simplified, the dust cover removed and the flash hider eliminated. The result was a lighter weapon with even worse performance than the original Sola Super.
- Specifications:
- Sola Super
- Sola Léger
Type | Sub machine gun |
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Caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum |
Magazine | 32 rounds |
Operation | Blowback operated |
Fire selector | 0-1-F |
Rate of fire | 550 rpm |
Barrel length | 305 mm |
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Rifling | 6 grooves, right hand twist |
Muzzle velocity | 396 m/s |
Stock | Retractable |
Length | 889 mm / 610 mm |
Width | ? |
Height | ? |
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Weight | 2.86 kg unloaded, 3.6 kg loaded |
Sights | Iron sights, blade front, aperture rear, 50 to 150 m gradations |
Remarks | - |
Type | Sub machine gun |
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Caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum |
Magazine | 32 rounds |
Operation | Blowback operated |
Fire selector | 0-1-F |
Rate of fire | 550 rpm |
Barrel length | 267 mm |
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Rifling | 6 grooves, right hand twist |
Muzzle velocity | 381 m/s |
Stock | Retractable |
Length | 787 mm / 572 mm |
Width | ? |
Height | ? |
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Weight | 2.72 kg unloaded, 3.43 kg loaded |
Sights | Iron sights, blade front, aperture rear, 50 to 150 m gradations |
Remarks | - |