▁more ▁ab rupt ▁t aper ). ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁distinct ive ▁cur ved ▁magazine ▁for ▁weapons ▁that ▁used ▁this ▁cart ridge , ▁which ▁became ▁popular ly ▁known ▁as ▁" ban ana ▁cli ps ", ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁cur ved ▁shape , ▁and ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁on ▁other ▁weapons ▁using ▁distinct ly ▁t aper ed ▁cart rid ges , ▁like ▁the ▁Kal ash nik ov ▁rif les . ▁The ▁steel ▁cases ▁were ▁typically ▁lac quer - co ated ▁to ▁prevent ▁cor ros ion . ▁ ▁Fire ar ms ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Kurz ▁round ▁and ▁its ▁associated ▁weapons , ▁two ▁basic ▁small ▁arms ▁existed ▁to ▁equip ▁the ▁regular ▁inf antry man , ▁the ▁b olt - action ▁rif le ▁and ▁the ▁subm achine ▁gun . ▁The ▁b olt - action ▁rif le ▁was ▁the ▁standard ▁small ▁arm ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁arm ies , ▁usually ▁incorpor ating ▁good ▁accuracy ▁and ▁stopping ▁power , ▁but ▁with ▁a ▁very ▁limited ▁rate ▁of ▁fire . ▁The ▁subm achine ▁gun ▁was ▁a ▁newer ▁piece ▁of ▁equipment , ▁which ▁offered ▁a ▁very ▁high ▁rate ▁of ▁fire , ▁and ▁a ▁compact ▁size , ▁but ▁was ▁of ▁very ▁limited ▁range ▁and ▁stopping ▁power ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁p istol ▁round ▁( us ually ▁ 9   mm ) ▁it ▁fired . ▁While ▁the ▁Kurz ▁round ▁did ▁not ▁match ▁the ▁range ▁and ▁accuracy ▁of ▁a ▁full ▁power ▁round ▁fired ▁by ▁a ▁traditional ▁b olt - action ▁rif le , ▁it ▁could ▁still ▁eng age ▁individual ▁targets