MP 40
Erma’s stamped-steel submachine gun told against the name it is always given: who actually designed it and what the 1938 trials really produced, how phenolic resin and pressed steel answered a production problem, why the safety arrived late, what it was and was not issued to — and what owning one in the United States actually involves.
MP 40 · Deep Dive
Erma sued Haenel — where Schmeisser was chief designer — over the MP 41 in 1941, and production stopped. A design he owned could not have been enjoined at Erma’s suit.
Erma’s stamped-steel submachine gun told against the name it is always given: who actually designed it and what the 1938 trials really produced, how phenolic resin and pressed steel answered a production problem, why the safety arrived late, what it was and was not issued to — and what owning one in the United States actually involves.
Photo: MP 40 by Quickload · CC BY-SA 3.0
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