MP 36
The MP 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. The MP 36 was virtually unheard-of even at the time and very few are known to exist. Few were captured by the Allies of [World War II|Allies]. The models that were captured mysteriously did not 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 ". 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 ". Nothing else is known afterwards about the design.Users
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