Weapons · Germany · 1940-1945
MP 40
submachine gun
Issued mainly to squad leaders, paratroopers and vehicle crews rather than every rifleman, the folding-stock MP 40 became so visually iconic that popular memory (and Hollywood) wrongly arms whole German platoons with it. Its compact size suited the close-quarters street fighting of Stalingrad and later Warsaw.
| caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum |
|---|---|
| magazine | 32-round box |
| rate of fire | ~500 rpm |
| produced | ~1,100,000 |
