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The MP 40/I (sometimes erroneously called MP 40/II) was a modified version of the standard MP 40 with a dual side-by-side magazine holder (for a theoretical ammunition total of 64 rounds), designed for special operations troops on the Eastern Front to compensate for the Soviet PPSh-41's larger magazine capacity. However, the design proved ...
GSG-1911, a .22 copy of the Browning M1911 pistol [7] GSG-StG 44, a .22 copy of the StG 44 [5] GSG-MP40P, a 9mm, semi-automatic pistol lookalike of the MP 40 submachine gun [8] GSG Firefly in 22 LR. GSG FireFly, license produced SIG Sauer Mosquito, a downsized copy of the SIG Sauer P226 chambered in .22 lr. GSG-themed clothing [9]
Maschinenpistole 40, SMG. The Erfurter Maschinenfabrik (ERMA) was a German weapons manufacturer founded in 1922 by Berthold Geipel. Prior to and during World War II it manufactured many firearms, including the Karabiner 98k, the MP40 and other submachine guns.
MP 40: Steyr-Mannlicher Erma Werke Haenel Company: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1940-1945 [4] SMG MP 41: Haenel Company: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1941 SMG MP 3008: Ludwig Vorgrimler: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1945 SMG New Nambu M66: Shin-ChuĊ Industries: 9×19mm Parabellum Japan: 1966 SMG Onorati SMG: Umberto Onorati: 9×19mm Parabellum ...
However, most of the police officers dispatched at this time were only trained as patrol police officers and had little experience in using the MPL. The counter-terrorist unit GSG-9, which was established after the incident, adopted the H&K MP5 as their service submachine gun instead of the Walther MP. As the MP5 became more prevalent, it would ...
MP 40, a German World War II submachine gun often called "Schmeisser" Louis Schmeisser (1848–1917), German infantry weapons designer, father of Hugo Schmeisser and Hans Schmeisser Hugo Schmeisser (1884–1953), German infantry weapons designer
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The M56 is based on the MP 40 submachine gun captured from Nazi Germany, easily distinguished from the MP 40 by its increased length and curved magazine. [ 3 ] Inexpensive and simple to produce and maintain, the M56 also proved to be quite effective at range over its German counterpart due to its 7.62×25mm cartridge having significantly higher ...