Object Details
- licensee
- Erma Werke - Erfurter Maschinenfabrik
- Erma Werke - Erfurter Maschinenfabrik
- Description
- Physical Description
- German MP40 "Maschinenpistole .40" submachine gun, .40 caliber.
- General History
- The Maschinenpistole 40, commonly known as the MP40, is similar to the Thompson, but uses a smaller 9-mm round. This submachine gun evolved out of the MP38, which was prone to misfirings that had sometimes lethal results. A simple technical innovation to the hammer eliminated the problem, and the MP40 was born. Total production is unknown but it is believed that more that one million of these weapons were produced between 1940 and 1944.
- Credit Line
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Medical Museum
- ID Number
- AF.53278
- catalog number
- 53278
- accession number
- 188409
- Object Name
- gun, submachine
- Other Terms
- gun, submachine; gun, submachine; Firearms; Center Fire; 9 Mm; Rifled
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 34 in x 3 in; 27.94 cm x 86.36 cm x 7.62 cm
- Place Made
- Germany: Thuringia, Erfurt
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- World War II
- The Great Depression and World War II
- Record ID
- nmah_415106
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-19a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
