MP 36
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Maschinenpistole 36 | |
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Type | Submachine gun |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Service history | |
In service | 1936-45 Germany |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Erma Werke |
Designed | 1936 |
Manufacturer | Erma Werke |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.96kg (8.73 lbs) |
Length | 831mm (32.717 in) |
Barrel length | 250mm |
Caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum |
The MP 36 (Maschinenpistole 36) was a submachine gun designed in 1936 and produced by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was a select-fire 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun with a wooden body and a steel folding stock.
History
In January 1938, the German Heereswaffenamt requested a lightweight, compact, rapid firing 9mm weapon for paratroopers and armored crews. The result was the MP 38, a revolutionary submachine gun design which later became the MP 40. However, the MP 38 was produced extraordinarily quickly because Erma-Werke had already produced a prototype submachine gun, the MP 36, before they were even approached to produce one.[1] The MP 36 was virtually unheard-of even at the time and very few are known to exist. Few were captured by the Allies. The models that were captured mysteriously didn't use their own magazines, instead using MP 40 magazines. Also, the weapons only had one set of markings; they simply read "ERMA ERFURT EMP-36 (Erma Maschinenpistole 1936)". The MP 36 was never likely to have been mass-produced.
Design
This submachine gun was a selective-fire, 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun, which had a wooden body and a steel folding stock. The weapon had only one set of markings, which read "ERMA ERFURT EMP-36 (Erma Maschinenpistole 1936)". Nothing else is known afterwards about the design.
Variants
MP 40
Users
Nazi Germany: Limited
See also
References
- ^ "MP36 Sample - MachineGunBooks".
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- FG 42
- G 98/40
- Gewehr 41
- Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43
- Grossfuss Sturmgewehr
- Karabinek wz. 1929
- Karabiner 98k
- M30 Luftwaffe drilling
- MKb 42(W) / MKb 42(H)
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- StG 45(M)
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other larger weapons
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- Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40
- Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61
- Gewehr-Sprenggranate
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- Model 1924 Stielhandgranate
- Model 1939 Eihandgranate
- Model 1943 Stielhandgranate
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- Wurfkörper 361
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- Modele 1935A as Pistole 625(f)
- Kongsberg Colt as Pistole 657(n)
- Browning Hi-Power as Pistole 640(b)
- M1911 as Pistole 660(a)
- PPSh-41 as MP 717(r)
- Radom wz. 35 Vis as Pistole 645(p)
- Puška vz. 24 as Gewehr 24(t)
- Puška vz. 33 as Gewehr 33/40(t)
- Lewis gun as leMG 137(e)
- Bren light machine gun as leMG 138(e)
- Kulomet vz. 37 as leMG 148(j)/MG 37(t)
- Browning wz. 1928 (BAR) as leMG 154/2(p)
- Beretta Model 38/42 as MP 738(i)
- ZB vz. 26 as leMG 146/1(j)
- Sten MK I-III as MP 748-750(e)
- PPS-43 submachine gun as MP 719(r)
- SVT-40 as Sl.-Gewehr 259(r)
- M1 Garand as Sl.-Gewehr 251(a)
- Kb ppanc wz. 35 as PzB 770(p)
- Bazooka as RPzB 788(a)
- M1917 Enfield as Gewehr 250(a)
- M1903 Enfield as Gewehr 249(a)
- M1 carbine as Karabiner 455(a)
- Thompson Model 1928 as MP 760/2(r)
of the Wehrmacht