Talk:MP 40

Removed duplicate information

I have removed the following paragraph from the “Development” section because it was already stated in the introduction. It rightly belongs there as what the allies came to call the gun has very little to do with its development.

”The MP 40 was often called the "Schmeisser" by the Allies, after the weapon designer Hugo Schmeisser. Schmeisser had designed the MP 18, which was the first mass-produced submachine gun. He did not, however, have anything to do with the design or development of the MP 40, although he held a patent on the magazine.” MikeEagling (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Hugo Schmeisser actually did play an important role in the design of the MP 38, from which the MP 40 evolved. The M.K. 36, which was purely a Schmeisser design, is where the bolt design of the MP 38/MP 40 originated. — Red XIV ^(talk) 06:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Additional citation for ==Civilian ownership in the United States==

Posting here due to my COI with cited source.

Under ==Civilian ownership in the United States==, first paragraph, final sentence "This practice required proper registration of automatic weapons in accordance with the National Firearms Act before they could be imported, but this was curtailed later in the occupation, meaning a relatively small number of civilian-transferable original German MP 40s remain in circulation and are valued at around $20,000-37,500 as of 2021, with some selling for almost $50,000."

Additional citations:

LoVeloDogs (talk) 20:11, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Another example can be found in this list: item #9, https://www.gunbroker.com/c/article/top-21-most-expensive-items-sold-on-gunbroker-com-in-may-2023/, sold on GunBroker.com 18 May 2023 for $30,525.00 USD. LoVeloDogs (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

References

Should MP 38 be its own article?

MP 36 is its own article but MP 38 redirects here, to MP 40. It seems like they are very often considered separately, and this article talks about the MP 38 as if it has its own article somewhere else. This article doesn't even discuss the differences between the MP 38 and MP 40. Fluoborate (talk) 07:27, 6 June 2026 (UTC)