Gun Stories

The MP 40 (3x8)

Air date: Aug 21, 2013

Americans who faced its fury in WWII, called it the Schmeisser, nicknamed after a man who had nothing to do with its design. But the machines pistol designated MP38 and MP40, perfectly matched Germany’s philosophy of all out-war. They soon proved themselves on battlefields across Europe, a terrifying weapon in the hands of an apparently unstoppable military machine.