Combat prototype
MP-40 was a modification of the MP-38 submachine gun, which in turn was a modification of the MP-36 - a weapon that underwent field tests in Spain. MP-40, like MP-38, was designed primarily for tankers, motorised infantry, paratroopers and infantry platoon leaders.
This gun is often referred to as Schmeisser, after the German gunsmith, although the creator of MP-40 was the talented designer Heinrich Vollmer. MP-40 is the most famous German submachine gun of the Second World War, despite the fact that Wehrmacht troops were poorly armed with it.

