Steyr Solothurn S1-100

Steyr Solothurn S1-100 submachinegun, blowback, replaceable box magazine, SMG & magazine (32), lacks bayonet bar

The Steyr-Solothurn S1-100, or MP34, submachine gun was based on a 1918 design of the German company Rheinmetall. Banned from producing military weapons under the terms of the peace settlement, Rheinmetall secretly outsourced its research and development to the Solothurn company in Switzerland. The submachine-gun was perfected as the S-100. As Solothurn lacked the capacity for volume production, it reached an agreement with the Steyr arms company of Austria - forming the joint enterprise Steyr-Solothurn AG. The S1-100 was sold as the MP 34 to Portugal, Abyssinia and a number of South American countries. Another major purchaser was the Greek Deputy Ministry of Public Security. This example was part of that purchase, which was used to arm the Gendarmerie. After war came to Greece in 1940 these weapons were also used by the Military Police and the Greek Army's ski battalion. This weapon was subsequently seized by the Cyprus Police during the Cyprus Emergency of 1955-60.

Seized by Cyprus Police from EOKA terrorists during the Cyprus Emergency.

Greek characters

SwS trade mark

M9

Greek acceptance stamp (?) in oval design

Ministry of Public Security (in Greek around Greek royal arms)

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