When was mp40 invented

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? R2DA Wiki Explore. Weapons Armors Items Attachments. Maps Gamemodes Mobs. KGplayzRoblox wrote: NO. Its first direct competitors did not see service in World War I, but most of them saw use in all the limited conflicts taking place in the inter-war period.

The MP 40 descended from its predecessor, the MP 38, which was in turn based on the MP 36, a prototype made of machined steel. Vollmer then worked on Berthold Geipel's MP 36 and in submitted a prototype to answer a request from the German Armament services for a new submachine gun, which was adopted as MP The MP 38 was a simplification of the MP 36, and the MP 40 was a further simplification of the MP 38, with certain cost-saving alterations, notably in the more extensive use of stamped steel rather than machined parts.

Schmeisser had designed the MP 18, which was the first mass-produced submachine gun, and saw extensive service at the end of the First World War.

He did not, however, design the MP 40, although he held a patent on the magazine. He later designed the MP 41, which was an MP 40 with a wooden rifle stock and a selector, identical to those found on the earlier MP 28 submachine gun. Popular pages. Raaen, Jr. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account? MP Edit source History Talk 0. The MP40 submachine gun. Zenith Imprint. ISBN Retrieved September 15, Guns in Combat. Chartwell Books, Inc.

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