Lahti l-35

L-35s were produced in four series. The zero series was made in 1938 mainly for testing. The first series, which produced about 2,600 pistols, was produced from March 1940 to July 1941. and differed in a curly protrusion on the upper rear of the receiver. From August 1941 to March 1942 a second series of about 1,000 copies was produced, in which there was no figured ledge on the receiver and the geometry of the locking wedge was changed. The third series of more than 2,000 pistols was produced from April to September 1944. This series is characterized by the absence of a rollback accelerator and a slightly different form of the receiver. The last batch of 1000 pistols was assembled in 1945 from the remaining parts. The fourth series, consisting of approximately 3,000 copies, was also assembled from a stock of parts, but was intended for export. After the end of World War II, the Finnish army had more than enough pistols. But the company Valmet Oy Tourulan tehdas (formerly VKT) has accumulated a lot of parts and spare parts for the L-35, and in the end it was decided to arrange the assembly of pistols for the civilian arms market. Thus, about 2000 more copies were collected, most of them sold for export. These pistols differ from the military in the absence of grooves for attaching a wooden holster-butt and the stamps on the top surface of the receiver - “Valmet” instead of “VKT”.

The Lahti L-35 pistol is built on automation that works due to the short stroke of the barrel, the bolt is locked by a larva moving in a vertical groove. The trigger mechanism has a trigger type, the trigger is completely closed by a bolt. The mainspring is in the handle, the return spring is inside the bolt. The fuse box is located on the right side, behind the pistol grip; when switched on, it locks the trigger. Most pistols have a groove for attaching a holster-butt, including the Mauser type, of which only about two hundred were produced. On the back of the gun frame there is a sling attachment for attaching the cord. The sight on the early pistols was not regulated, then the front sight became adjustable. The cheeks of the handle on the pistols of the first issues were made of beech , on the later ones - plastic .

• Lahti L-35 - Finnish-made pistols, mass-produced at the Valtion Kivääritehdas arms factory from 1938 to 1952.
• Husqvarna M / 40 - Swedish-made pistols manufactured at the Husqvarna Vapenfabrik AB arms factory from 1940 to 1946. A total of 83,950 units were manufactured. M-40s had a longer barrel than L-35s and did not have a cartridge indicator. On some Swedish versions, the shape of the trigger guard is changed, sometimes there is no shutter accelerator. Due to the more powerful version of the 9 × 19 cartridge used in the Swedish army, pistols often failed - cracks appeared in the locking unit.

•   Finland - the first pistols for the Finnish army were ordered in June 1935 and sent for testing, on January 28, 1936 a batch of 2500 pistols was ordered, in March 1939 the pistol was officially adopted by the Finnish army ^[1]
•   Sweden - adopted in 1940, withdrawn from service in the early 1980s, as pistols designed for the 9x19 mm Parabellum cartridge were not strong enough to fire 9x19 mm NATO cartridges.

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• Maxim Popenker. Lahti L-35 (also Husqvarna M / 40) (Finland) (Russian) . world.guns.ru. Date of treatment September 3, 2010. Archived February 29, 2012.
• Vladislav Kashtanov Pistol Lahti L-35 (Finland). History, design, features, advantages and disadvantages on the site armoury-online.ru
• Lahti L-35 / Internet Movie Firearms Database (use in movies and computer games)