Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, A7008
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1940
Associated Notes
Schmeisser' MP 38/40 machine pistol
The MP 40 was often called the "Schmeisser" by the Allies, after weapons designer Hugo Schmeisser. Schmeisser who had designed the MP 18, the first mass-produced submachine gun. He did not, however, design the MP 40, although he held a patent on the magazine"
Maker: ERMA: Erfurter Maschinenfabrik, a German weapons manufacturer founded in 1922 by Berthold Geipel. [reference: Wikipedia, May 2010]
Associated Event
WW2; 1939-1945
Associated Place
Associated Date
1939-1940
Period
Signature/marks
Media
Measurement Description
overall length: 836mm
barrel length: 535mm
height: 286mm
width: 55mm
Measurement Reading
836mm
535mm
286mm
55mm
9mm
243mm
37mm
40mm
Classification
Last Update
11 Oct 2023
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