On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Harmon Seaver wrote:
Bumazhkas? I thought I was pretty familiar with most weapons of the world, but not Bumazhkas. What calibre are they? I've always liked those CZ Model 52 pistols and Model 32 subguns in .30Mauser. Loaded hot with a teflon coated bullet they should punch thru armor well.
Whoops, that should be "Model 23", not model 32. The 23 - 26 series from whence the Uzi got it's basic design, IIRC.
Bumashkas belong between the highest-caliber weapons of the bureaucracy-centered governments. You don't want to meet the adversary armed with them. They are deadly and should be banned. ("Bumazhka" is a Russian word for "form" or "paper". The way I use it should invoke the associations to Soviet-style bureaucracy, requiring a stamped permission for just about everything.)