The German MP 40 Submachine gun

THE PILGRIM · Dec 23, 2014

As I have reported before- a neighbor sent 3 sub machine-gun home from Italy.
A Grease gun, a Beretta , and a MP-40.
They were the first 'chine-guns' that I ever saw.
Was that the Southern Front?
It absolutely was not the soft underbelly.

PALADIN85020 · Dec 24, 2014

THE PILGRIM said:
Was that the Southern Front?

Generically, it was the German Eastern front, although Stalingrad was more to their Southeast.

John

PALADIN85020 · Jan 5, 2015

Thanks to the benevolence of a friend, I was able to photograph his MP 40 in some detail today. This is the very MP 40 I had shot years ago. The code on the piece indicates it was manufactured by Haenel in 1942. Strangely, the magazine is one from an MP 41, which is basically an MP 40 with a wooden stock. Of course, the magazines are interchangeable. This mag is marked "MP 41," and is stamped "PATENT SCHMEISSER."

Here are the photos I took today, which may be of interest. I find this a really fascinating firearm.

John

(c) JLM 2015

jeeps · Jan 5, 2015

On the eastern front the Germans liked the Russian PPSH 41 better than the MP-40. PPSh-41 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia THE GERMANS WERE NOT ALL THAT AND WERE A MINUTE LATE AND A PENNY SHORT AND NO COMMAN SENSE LOOSER'S.

Spartan 2 · Jan 5, 2015

jmace57 said:
I would just note that my Dad, who was in the war in Europe, called them a "burp gun" sometimes too.

And - great article!

My Dad also called it a burp gun. He was a Sgt. in the 160th Combat Engineers.

The German MP 40 Submachine gun

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