MP-40

WOW ! Great Find KORSU !
 

Cool! Do you get to keep it? I enjoy your pictures.
Mike
 

Beautiful find KORSU. 8)
 

excellent finds,. thanks for sharing them.
 

it is welded

not function
 

Is that what my Dad a WWII vet calls a Schmeiser? Monty
 

this not Schmeiser

this MP40
 

Monty said:
Is that what my Dad a WWII vet calls a Schmeiser? Monty

Monty a Schmeiser was a sub-machine gun. Think of it as the german version of a .45 Thompson and you'll see the difference. This MP-40 is similar in function to our M-60 machine gun. The tripod is one clue and the size is another. One is run by one man and the other is crew served. siegfried schlagrule
 

MP40 was a subgun. Full name Maschinenpistole 40. 40 being it's year of adoption. Commonly called the "Schmeisser" by American GIs after a German weapons designer Hugo Schmeisser.

The MG42 (Maschinengewehr 42) is the belt fed crew served full machinegun which is similar in many ways to an American M60. It was a very scary gun due to the sound of it's extremely high rate of fire.
 

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