MP 3008

MP 3008
An MP 3008 submachine gun with steel tube stock.
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	January-May 1945
Used by	Volkssturm Czechoslovak Army (after WWII)
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Ludwig Vorgrimler
Designed	1944
Produced	January-May 1945
Number built	Approx. 10,000
Specifications
Weight	3.2 kg (7.05 lb)
Length	760 mm (29.9 in)
Barrel length	196 mm (7.7 in)

Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum
Action	Blowback, open bolt
Rate of fire	450 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	365 m/s (1,198 ft/s)
Effective firing range	100 m
Feed system	32-round detachable box magazine for MP40
Sights	Front blade, rear aperture

The 9×19mm MP 3008 (Maschinenpistole 3008 or "machine pistol 3008", also Volks-MP.3008 and Gerät Neumünster^[1]) was a German substitute standard submachine gun manufactured toward the end of World War II in early 1945.^[2]

Also known as the Volksmaschinenpistole ("people's machine pistol"), the weapon was closely based on the Sten MKII submachine gun, except for its vertical magazine; some had additional pistol grips.

The MP 3008 was an emergency measure, designed at a time when Germany was at the point of collapse. Desperately short of raw materials, the Germans sought to produce a radically cheaper alternative to their standard submachine gun, the MP 40.

The MP 3008 was a simple blowback design operating from an open bolt. It was crudely manufactured in small machine shops and variations were common. Typically, the magazine was bottom-mounted unlike the side-mounted Sten. Initially all steel without handgrips, the wire buttstock was welded to the frame and was typically triangular, however the design changed as conditions inside Germany worsened and on final guns wooden stocks and other variations are found.

The Gerät Potsdam, another version of the Sten Mk II produced by Mauser in 1944, was an exact copy of the original Sten, right down to its manufacturing stamps in an effort to conceal its origin for clandestine operations. About 28,000 were made.^[3]

References

↑ http://bratishka.ru/archiv/2006/11/2006_11_16.php
↑ MP 3008. 2svetovavalka.kvalitne.cz. Retrieved on 2011-10-12.
↑ Machine guns. Translate.google.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-12.

German firearms and light weapons of World War II

Side arms (Pistolen)	Mauser C96 Luger Walther P38 Walther PP and PPK Sauer 38H Mauser HSc Sturmpistole Dreyse M1907 Pistol Volkspistole

Rifles and carbines (Gewehre und Karabiner)	Karabiner 98k G 24(t) G 33/40(t) G 98/40 Gewehr 41 Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 FG 42 M30 Luftwaffe drilling StG 45(M) VG 1-5

Submachine guns (Maschinenpistolen)	MP 18/MP 28 MP 34 MP35 MP 38/MP 40 MP 41 MP 3008 Erma EMP EMP 44

Machine guns and other larger weapons	MG 08 Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 MG 13 MG 15 MG 26 MG 30 MG 34 MG 42 MG 45 MG 131 IMG 28 MG 35/36A Faustpatrone Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 Panzerfaust Panzerschreck Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust Flammenwerfer 35 Flammenwerfer 41 Einstossflammenwerfer 46 Panzerbüchse 39 Solothurn S-18/1000

Mortars (Granatwerfer)	5 cm leGrW 36 8 cm GrW 34 kz 8 cm GrW 42 12 cm GrW 42

Grenades (Granaten)	Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 43 Stielhandgranate Model 39 Eihandgranate Splitterring Panzerwurfmine Hafthohlladung

Notable foreign-made infantry weapons	Browning Hi-Power as P640(b) Radom wz. 35 Vis as P645(p) ZB vz. 24 as G24(t) ZB vz. 33 as G33/40(t) ZB vz. 26 as MG26(t) Kb ppanc wz.35 as Panzerbüchse 35(p)

German-made cartridges used by the Wehrmacht	7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×21mm Parabellum 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.92×94mm 9×19mm Parabellum 13.2×92mmSR 20×138mmB

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MP 3008

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