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MP 40
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
Specifications
Place of origin Nazi Germany
Production 1940 - 1944
Manufacturer Erma Werke
Caliber 9mm
Cartridge 9x19mm Parabellum
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)
Rate of fire 500 rounds/min
Effective range 70 m
Feed system 32-round detachable box magazine / 64-round with dual magazines
Film
Television
- Athena Karkanis as ATF Agent Mendoza in Guns
- German soldiers and Russian Border guards in The State Border: Film 5 (1986)
- Ukrainian Insurgents in The State Border: Film 6 (1987)
- Saboteurs in The State Border: Film 7 (1988)
- Used by German Soldiers in the Sanctuary episode "Normandy" (2011)
Video Games
- Commandos 2: Men of Courage (as the "Sub-machine Gun")
- Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (as the "Submachine Gun")
- Medal of HonorPlaystation 1
- Silent Storm (MP38, MP40, MP40-II,)
- Velvet Assassin (not usable)
Anime
- Can be seen in the home of Rally Vincent in Gunsmith Cats
- Nazi soldiers in Hellsing
- White Bell cultists in The Skull Man
- Street thug in Appleseed
- Sect members in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Animation
- A Robber in The Incredibles
MP38
Film
- German soldier in The Lark (Zhavoronok) (1964)
- German soldiers in At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) (1964)
- German soldiers in The Keep
- German NCOs in Enemy at the Gates
- German SS NCOs in The Grey Zone
- German soldier in Downfall (Der Untergang)
- Hijacker in Teheran 43 (1981)
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Professor Larsen and several gangsters in Copper Angel (Medny angel) (1984)
- Sergei Bodrov as Danila Bagrov in Brother 2 (Brat 2) (2000)
- Young saboteurs in Bastards (Svolochi) (2006)
- Some German soldiers and officers in The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) (2010)
Television
- German soldiers and Russian Border guards in The State Border: Film 5 (1986)
- Ukrainian Insurgents in The State Border: Film 6 (1987)
Video Games
- Silent Storm
- Fallout Tactics
- ÜberSoldier (as the "MP40")
MP41
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
- German Soldier in Enemy at the Gates
- Mr. Bean's Holiday
- Hart's War
Video Games
- Silent Storm (Includes a silenced version)
- Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Anime