German submachine guns

German submachine guns explained

Foreword and historic recall

- Hugo Schmeisser

- The first true Machine Pistol or Sub-machine gun

- Heinrich Vollmer

- Hugo Schmeisser and the design of the Sturmgewehr

- A note on designations

- World War One Historical Background

- The trench warfare

- "Stossen" Shock Troops

- Von Ludendorf's offensives

- The Stossen Truppen had shown the way

Hugo Schmeisser and the Bergmann MP18.I

- A requirement for a close quarters combat weapon

- Luger long with the 32 round drum magazine

- A modied LP08 for burst fire

- A machine fire version of the C96 pistol

- Andreas Schwarzlose

- "Maschinen Pistole" 18

- "Maschinen pistole" 18, variant I

- Hugo Schmeisser and Bergmann

- Hugo Schmeisser and C.G. Haenel

- Haenel Schmeisser MP 28.II

- Anciens Etablissements Pieper in Herstal, Belgium

- Bergmann "Maschinen Karabiner" MP 34/1 and the MP35/1

- C.G. Haenel became VEB Ernst Thalman Works

Heinrich Vollmer machine pistols

- Vollmer invented a beltless feed for the MG08/15

- Earlier in 1925, Vollmer designed a machine pistol

- In 1929, Vollmer designed and manufactured a self-loading rifle

- Vollmer Machine Pistol 1925

- Vollmer Machine Pistol 1926

- The final Vollmer Machine Pistol 1930

- A long barrelled carbine version with a telescoping monopod

- The Vollmer Erma Machine Pistols

- The first designation may have been EMP 35

- Second, transitional, and third models

- French Silenced Model

- "Machinen Pistole" Erma MP740(f)

Erma EMP Model 36

- Erma, with Vollmer's assistance, modernised the EMP

- The machine pistol EMP36

Development of the MP38

- An "overnight" demand for machine pistols

- Erma were requested to design a suitable machine pistol

- The design was revised to allow mass production

- The MP38 fired full automatic only

- The early MP38 technical features

- Blank firing attachment and silencer

- The safety strap on the cocking handle

- MP38 "Gemischt" model

- MP38 components detailed

Introduction of the MP40

- The MP40 was designed for more economical mass production

- Albert Speer

- MP40 technical features

- MP40 first version components

- The "mündungshoner"

Variations of the MP40

- The second variation of the MP40

- The third variation of the MP40

- The fourth variation of the MP40

- The Winterabzug

- The fifth variation of the MP40

- The sixth variation of the MP40

- The seventh variation of the MP40

Erma MP40/1 and MP44

- Maschinen Pistole 40/1 Double Magazine Model

- MP40/1 mechanical features

- The Erma "Maschinen Pistole" 44

- Construction was from steel tubes and pressed sheet metal

Haenel Schmeisser MP41

- Based on the MP28.II and the MP40

- The MP41 was a somewhat retrograde step

- MP41 markings

Receiver and magazine markings

- Waffenant Senior inspector's stamps

- Producers' codes

- Magazines pouches

- "Magazinefuller"

- Magazines types and codes

Components of the MP40

- Iso view of the components

- Grip construction changes

- Phantom view of the gun

MP40/38 complete Disassembling

- 49 pictures to explain the disassembly step by step

Rare MP40 with yellow camo finish

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