MP 3008
| MP 3008 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | Volkssturm MPi |
| Military designation: | MP 3008 |
| Country of operation: | German Empire |
| Production time: | 1945 |
| Weapon Category: | Submachine gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 760 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 3.1 kg |
| Barrel length : | 190 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 9 × 19 mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 32 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Cadence : | 450 rounds / min |
| Number of trains : | 6th |
| Twist : | right |
| Closure : | Mass closure |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The machine gun device Neumünster MP 3008 , also called the people's machine gun , was a replica of the English MP Sten . The Sten-MP had been captured in large numbers by German troops, but was long regarded as too primitive to be used in the Wehrmacht . Instead, the stens were stored in reserve arsenals. Only the acute shortage of weapons from 1943 forced a rethink.
The Neumünster device uses the bar magazine of the MP 38 / MP 40 , but with a magazine shaft pointing downwards. This characteristic of the weapon distinguishes it from the Potsdam device , the Mauser replica of the MP Sten, which had the magazine slot on the left like the original. The term "MP 3008" comes as an abbreviation from the German device no. 1-3-3008. More than 30 suppliers are said to have been involved in the parts production, and 14 companies in the assembly. As the last great hope for the army and the Volkssturm , the Feldzeuginspektion ordered 1 million pieces of these weapons on November 15, 1944, available in monthly installments of 250,000 pieces. According to American studies, a maximum of around 3500 pieces were assembled. It is unclear how many of them made it to the Volkssturm before the Allies took over the production facilities .
literature
- Darrin Weaver et al. Blake Stevens: Desperate Measures - The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazi Volkssturm
- Article: Volles Rohr: Device 3008 from: Das Deutsche Waffen-Journal , issue 10/06.
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 - Hand weapons, artillery, captured weapons, special weapons , 2nd edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02481-6 .
- Reiner Lidschun, Günter Wollert: Infantry weapons. Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world up to 1945 , Parragon Verlag, ISBN 978-1-4454-3816-0 .
Web links
- Submachine gun 3008 (Neumünster device) on wehrmacht-lexikon.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ nazarian.no MP-3008 (People's Machine Gun ) ( Memento from May 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Reiner Lidschun, Günter Wollert: Infantry weapons. Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world up to 1945 , p. 149 ff.
- ↑ a b Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German weapons 1939-1945 - hand weapons, artillery, captured weapons, special weapons , p. 65