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MP 40

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Popular culture has portrayed the MP40 as the most common weapon in the hands of WW2 German soldiers; this is actually incorrect, as the bolt-action Kar 98 was more common, but in movies and especially in videogames the MP40 will be seen issued on at least a one-to-one basis with the Kar 98, and is often more common than it.

There are a number of common errors related to the magazine; the MP40's straight dual-column, single-feed magazine was notoriously prone to misfeeding if used as a grip, and the correct grip is to grasp the top of the magazine well. However, it is not strictly incorrect for an actor to grip the magazine, as a wealth of stock photographs exist of real soldiers holding their weapons in this way. Additionally, the MP40 magazine was prone to spring failures if fully loaded; rather than being loaded with a full 32 rounds, soldiers would typically use 30 or 28. Videogames will almost always show them with a full 32 rounds.

The MP40 sub-machine gun (or one of it's variants) can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


MP40

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MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
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MP40 - 9x19mm

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MGC replica MP40 converted to fire 9x19mm blanks

Specifications

  • Weight: 4 kg (8.82 lb)
  • Length: 833 mm (32.8 in) stock extended / 630 mm (24.8 in) stock folded
  • Barrel length: 251 mm (9.9 in)
  • Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum
  • Action: Straight blowback, open bolt
  • Rate of fire: 550 rounds/min
  • Muzzle velocity: ~380 m/s (1,247 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 100 m
  • Maximum range: 200 m
  • Feed system: 32-round detachable box magazine
  • Sights: Hooded front blade, fixed and flip-up U-notch rear

Film

  • Pietro Martellanza as Mike Rand and Cobra's henchmen in The Cobra (1967)

Television

  • Used by German Soldiers in the Sanctuary episode "Normandy" (2011)

Video Games

Anime

Animation


MP38

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The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military Before 1940. It was still used in small quantities in 1941 and 1942.

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Television

Video Games


MP41

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The MP41. It was produced and used in small quantities in 1941 to 1942.

Haenel/Schmeisser MP41 was a copy of the MP40 produced from 1941-42. It saw usage with the SS and Police during World War II. It featured wooden furniture and a wooden stock. Production ended because of legal action by the designers of the MP40.

Film

Video Games

Anime


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