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    40 ("Machine pistol 40") descended from its predecessor the MP 38, which was in turn based on the MP 36, a prototype made of machined steel. The MP 36...
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    telescopic bolt used in the VPM 1930, EMP, MP 38, MP 40 and MP 41. The Soviet Union made a similar use of MP 28 design in their PDD-34 sub machine gun...
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    Nazi regime. From the version 'EMP 36' of ERMA the SMG 'MP 38' and the following model 'MP 40' had been developed under the guidance of Vollmer, and been...
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  • armored crews. The result was the MP 38, a revolutionary submachine gun design which later became the MP 40. However, the MP 38 was produced extraordinarily...
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    pistol bullets with lead cores, providing protection against fire from an MP-38/40 submachine gun from close range, but were useless against rifle rounds...
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    Publications, ISBN 0889353727, pp. 110-112 G. de Vries, B.J. Martens: The MP 38, 40, 40/1 and 41 Submachine gun, Propaganda Photos Series, Volume 2, Special...
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  • the well-known German submachine guns of the Second World War, the MP-38 and the MP-40. 1.2 million pieces were manufactured for these weapons, and were...
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    Germany Smith 1969, pp. 153m³154. G. de Vries, B.J. Martens (2001). The MP 38, 40, 40/1 and 41 Submachine gun. Propaganda Photos. Vol. 2. Arnhem: Special...
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    Star Model Z-45 (category MP 38 derivatives)
    Bonifacio Echeverria, derived from the German MP 40. The internal mechanisms are similar to the MP 40. Unlike the German version, the Z-45 is a selective...
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  • with Gustav Genschow & Company (GECO). G. de Vries, B.J. Martens: The MP 38, 40, 40/1 and 41 Submachine gun, Propaganda Photos Series, Volume 2, Special...
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