Submachine gun 34
| Submachine gun 34 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 |
| Military designation: | Submachine gun 34 (ö) |
| Country of operation: | Austria , German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Steyr works |
| Development year: | 1928 |
| Manufacturer country: | Austria |
| Production time: | 1928 to 1942 |
| Weapon Category: | Submachine gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 850 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 4.25 kg |
| Barrel length : | 200 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : |
7.65 mm Luger 9 mm Parabellum 9 mm Steyr 9 mm Mauser Export |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 20/32 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Cadence : | 450 rounds / min |
| Fire types: | Single or continuous fire |
| Number of trains : | 6th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open sights |
| Closure : | unlocked ground lock |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
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The MP 34 is a submachine gun that was manufactured in the Austrian Steyr works and was mainly used by the Austrian police and army as well as by various units of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War .
history
The MP 34 is based on a further development of the Bergmann MP 18 made by Louis Stange at Rheinmetall and is similar in structure. Since the manufacture of automatic weapons was prohibited in the German Reich under the Versailles Treaty , Rheinmetall acquired the Swiss arms factory in Solothurn in 1929 and developed the prototype of the MP 34 under the designation S1-100 there . Due to the inadequate capacities of the Solothurn weapons factory for mass production, Rheinmetall acquired a majority stake in the Austrian Steyr works and brought the MP 34 onto the market through Steyr-Solothurn Waffen AG .
construction
The MP 34 is a recoil loader that is set up for single and continuous fire. The spring is stored in the wooden shaft via a push rod. Access to the trigger unit, the breech block and the firing pin is achieved via a housing cover that can be opened to the front. The fire selector lever and the fuse are located on the left of the housing. It is secured using a bolt lock, similar to that used in the later developed MP 38 . This lock works both when the gun is cocked and when the gun is released. The magazines with a capacity of 20 or 32 rounds were angled slightly forward and inserted horizontally on the left side of the housing. A special feature is the option of inserting a full magazine horizontally or an empty magazine vertically from below. The empty magazine can then be loaded with loading strips of 8 rounds each.
All MP 34 have a wooden stock and a perforated cooling grille around the barrel. A removable bipod was available as an option. A fixed sight with a rear sight and front sight for distances of 50 to 500 meters serves as a target aid. The accessories included two magazine pouches with three magazines each, a bayonet , a loading aid and a cleaning set.
Areas of application
In 1930 the weapon was introduced to the Austrian police as the Steyr MP30 in caliber 9 × 23 mm Steyr. The Austrian army used the weapon as the Steyr MP34 in the stronger caliber 9 × 25 mm . In caliber .45 ACP , it was exported to Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela. With the annexation of Austria in 1938, the German Reich introduced the weapon as MP 34 (ö) in caliber 9 × 19 mm in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. In 1938 Portugal bought the weapon in the 7.65 mm Luger caliber and introduced it in various units as the m / 938 . In 1941 and 1942 further weapons, this time in the 9 × 19 mm caliber, were exported to Portugal, which were used there under the designation m / 942 . In Portugal, the weapons were used in the Portuguese colonial war until the 1970s .
Others
Another submachine gun with the designation MP 34 is the Bergmann MP 34 developed by Theodor Bergmann in Suhl (also MP34 / 1 and MP 35 or 35/1). It is based on the Bergmann-Maschinen-Karabiner (BMK) 32. Despite certain external similarities such as the perforated barrel jacket and the wooden shaft, it can be distinguished from the Steyr-MPi by the magazine on the right.
literature
- Michael Heidler: Submachine guns 1939-1945: Development - Types - Technology . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-613-04186-8 .
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , weapons, p. 135-136 .
- Hans-Dieter Götz: The German military rifles and machine guns 1871-1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-87943-350-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maxim Popenker: Steyr-Solothurn MP.34. In: Modern Firearms. world.guns.ru, accessed November 7, 2016 . '
- ^ Peter Abbott, Manuel Rodrigues: Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique 1961-74 (Men-at-Arms). 1998, ISBN 0-85045-843-9 .