German MP40 "Maschinenpistole .40" Submachine Gun
name: label: licensee
content: Erma Werke - Erfurter Maschinenfabrik
label: maker
content: Erma Werke - Erfurter Maschinenfabrik
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: German MP40 "Maschinenpistole .40" submachine gun, .40 caliber.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Thuringia, Erfurt
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Medical Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.53278
label: catalog number
content: 53278
label: accession number
content: 188409
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gun, submachine
label: Other Terms
content: gun, submachine; gun, submachine; Firearms; Center Fire; 9 Mm; Rifled
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 34 in x 3 in; 27.94 cm x 86.36 cm x 7.62 cm