Piotr Wilniewczyc
Inventor of ViS
Born	January 31, 1887 near Irkutsk, Russia
Died	December 23, 1960 Warsaw, Poland

Piotr Wilniewczyc (1887-1960) was a Polish engineer and arms constructor. Among his most successful constructions were the Vis pistol and the Mors sub-machine gun. Piotr Wilniewczyc File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Vis can refer to: Vis, a type of handgun, after the word for power in Latin Vis, an island in the Adriatic Vis, town and municipality on the aforementioned island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... A traditional house in Irkutsk The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Irkutsk (Ирку́тск), the chief town of the Irkutsk Oblast, is one of the most important places in Siberia, being not only the principal commercial depot north of Tashkent, but also a... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warsaw ( Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vis (Polish designation , German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), also known incorrectly as Radom in English sources) is a 9 mm caliber, single action, semi-automatic handgun. ... The word Mors could mean several things: Mors is a Roman equivalent of Thanatos deity. ... A submachine gun is a firearm which combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is between the two in weight and size. ...

Biography

Piotr Wilniewczyc was born on January 31, 1887 near Irkutsk in Siberia. He grew up in Wilno. In 1905 he moved to Saint Petersburg and studied there at the University of St. Petersburg (mathematical and physical institute). Later he continued his studies at the Department of chemistry of the Lwów University of Technology. In 1915 Wilniewczyc also finished the Artillery School in St. Petersburg. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... A traditional house in Irkutsk The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Irkutsk (Ирку́тск), the chief town of the Irkutsk Oblast, is one of the most important places in Siberia, being not only the principal commercial depot north of Tashkent, but also a... Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia ( Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Vilnius Old Town Vilnius (sometimes Vilna; Polish Wilno, Belarusian Вільня, Russian Вильнюс, see also Cities alternative names) is the capital city of Lithuania. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Categories: Russia-related stubs | Universities and colleges in Russia | Saint Petersburg ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1921 he was offered a job at the Boryszew Gunpowder Factory near Sochaczew. From 1924 until 1928 Wilniewczyc was also giving lectures at the Artillery Officers' School in Toruń. In 1928 he started to work as a director of ballistic departement of the State Arms Factories company (Państwowe Wytwórnie Uzbrojenia) and he held this post until the war broke out. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Sochaczew - a town in central Poland (52. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Torun - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Polish Defensive War of 1939 Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign or Defensive War of 1939 (Polish: Wojna obronna 1939 roku) was the conquest of Poland by the armies of Nazi Germany, the Soviet...

His most successful project was the Vis pistol, being a standard Polish pre-war military pistol. He also designed Mors sub-machine gun, which has not entered production due to war outbreak. After the war, he directed a team designing the Rak wz. 63 sub-machine gun, finished after his death. Vis (Polish designation , German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), also known incorrectly as Radom in English sources) is a 9 mm caliber, single action, semi-automatic handgun. ... The word Mors could mean several things: Mors is a Roman equivalent of Thanatos deity. ... A submachine gun is a firearm which combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is between the two in weight and size. ...

During the war Wilniewczyc was working for the Home Army in Warsaw, developing a silencer for the Sten gun. After the Warsaw Uprising he moved to Łódź and soon afterwards he started giving lectures at the Łódź University of Technology. Since 1948 he was working also for the reopened Warsaw University of Technology. Died on December 23, 1960. He is buried at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw. For other meanings of Home Army see: Home Army (disambiguation) The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the pre-eminent underground military organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... Warsaw ( Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... The Sten gun was a British submachine gun from World War II, notable for its simple design and low cost of production, being made from only 47 different parts. ... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a controversial armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ... Łódź (pronunciation: ) is the second-largest city (population 776,297 in 2004) of Poland, located in the centre of the country. ... The Technical University of Łódź was created in 1945 and has developed into one of the biggest in Poland. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warsaw University of Technology is the largest academic school of technology in Poland, employing 2. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Powazki Cemetery Powązki Cemetery (Polish Cmentarz powązkowski) is the oldest and most famous cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, which is situated in the western part of the city. ... Warsaw ( Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...