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MP 18
Maschinenpistole 18/I
Description
The first submachine gun used in combat at scale, intended for trench raids. It opened a new category of weapon.
Historical use
- Spring Offensive (1918)
Technical data
- Year
- 1918
- Service
- 1918–1945
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Theodor Bergmann
- Designer
- Hugo Schmeisser
- Type
- Submachine gun
- Mechanism
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 9 × 19 mm Parabellum
- Weight
- 4.2 kg
- Length
- 832 mm
- Barrel
- 200 mm
- Rate of fire
- 500 rds/min
- Capacity
- 32 rounds
Source: Wikidata Q696172
