Reporting from IWA 2026 in beautiful Nuremberg, aka SHOT Show for folks who prefer fresh air, sunlight, and trees over a fluorescent-lit Vegas dungeon, where you are slowly fossilized over four days by subsisting exclusively on caffeine IV drips, secondhand vape clouds and $27 artisanal hamburger sadness patties.
Several years ago Fort, a Ukrainian firearms company, introduced the 230A SMG, a very nicely-manufactured and designed compact SMG. This year it appears they have introduced the semi-auto variant, the 232S. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to ask the guys at the booth more about it.
It’s not clear which market they intend to market this to. It’s unlikely the US, since our current braindead-dumb import rules treat Ukraine like North Korea. Importing firearms from the Ukraine into the US is largely prohibited.
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