MP-40

[KORSU]

rested upon day of the bunker

rare discovery

 

[KORSU]

 

[jeff of pa]

WOW ! Great Find KORSU !

 

[brnn53]

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

 

[Trond]

Beautiful find KORSU. 8)

 

[KORSU]

 

[KORSU]

kit


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[KORSU]

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[GL]

Beautiful!

 

[phantomfinder]

GREAT FINDS, The pic of the boots ( Was that a grave ) ...... WTG

 

[KORSU]

so this was

 

[blackrat]

excellent finds,. thanks for sharing them.

 

[GL]

More pictures please.

Does this excellent firearm still function?

 

[KORSU]

it is welded

not function

 

[Monty]

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

 

[KORSU]

this not Schmeiser

this MP40

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

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

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

MP-40 is a submachine gun.
take a look...

 

[GL]

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.

 

[KORSU]

lightning of the hitler