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gerard User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts	The German Submachine Guns - New Ebook by Lyndon Haywood - 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) The Erma EMP Model 36 - Erma, with Vollmer's assistance, decided to modernise the EMP - The machine pistol EMP36 The 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 The introduction of the MP40 - The MP40 was designed for more economical mass production - Albert Speer - MP40 technical features - MP40 first version components - The "mÃ?Â¼ndungshoner" The MP40 Variations - 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 The 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 The Haenel Schmeisser MP41 - Based on the MP28.II and the MP40 - The MP41 was a somewhat retrograde step - MP41 markings Receiver and Magazine Manufacturers' Codes - Waffenant Senior inspector's stamps - Producers' codes - Magazines pouches - "Magazinefuller" - Magazines types and codes MP40 Components - Iso view of the components - Grip construction changes - Phantom view of the gun MP40/38 Complete Disassembling - 49 pictures explained (until the last pin) Books and sites - Books - Sites of interest http://users.skynet.be/HL-Editions/ebook/Mp40ebo.jpg