Author Topic: World War II Trivia (012) (Read 461 times)

Rafe35 · « **on:** June 11, 2004, 10:53:06 PM »

What was the MP-40?

gunnss · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2004, 11:17:14 PM »

German medium MG.....

Gunns

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2004, 11:41:05 PM »

MP-40 was the normal German Medium Machine Gun. MP-40 is to German as Thompson is to American

Bodhi · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2004, 11:41:58 PM »

Machine Pistol of 1940 would be the correct label.

United · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2004, 12:15:24 AM »

AKA the "burp" Gun

Widewing · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2004, 11:39:00 AM »

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Originally posted by gunnss
German medium MG.....

Gunns

Medium machine gun? No, it was a sub-machine gun. A medium machine gun would be a Vickers or Maxim. A light machine gun would be an MG 34 or MG 42. Obviously, the Browning M2 HB is classified as a heavy machine gun.

My regards,

Widewing

Rafe35 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2004, 03:20:28 PM »

Widewing is correct, it is SMG or Sub-Machine gun. Congrats