MP 18/1 Submachine Gun
date: label: associated date
content: 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Developed by Hugo Schmeisser and Theodor Bergmann, the MP18/1 Submachine Gun was designed with trench warfare in mind. Designated the Maschinenpistole 18/1, it had a 32 round TM08 drum, or "snail shell," magazine and could fire approximately 500 rounds per minute.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.68699M
label: catalog number
content: 68699M
label: serial number
content: 12272
label: accession number
content: 257059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mgsb
label: Object Name
content: submachine gun
label: Object Name
content: submachinegun
label: Other Terms
content: Mgsb; Firearms; Center Fire; 9 Mm; Rifled
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 83.185 cm x 13.97 cm