Talk:MP 40

Usage in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war

It is fairly easy to find images online of soldiers in the war wielding the weapon. Namely a few reddit posts of Donbass(?) militants with the gun in full combat gear come up when you google the key words. I don't know if regular issuance is a prerequisite for having a conflict listed in the "conflicts" section, but I thought I'd draw attention to it. I see that the STG 44 article now has the Russo-Ukrainian war listed under its conflicts after a similar situation with a few pictures of it being used as a rear-line weapon circulated the internet. Kroaala (talk) 20:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Removed duplicate information

I have removed the following paragraph from the “Development” section because it was already stated in the introduction. It rightly belongs there as what the allies came to call the gun has very little to do with its development.

”The MP 40 was often called the "Schmeisser" by the Allies, after the weapon designer Hugo Schmeisser. Schmeisser had designed the MP 18, which was the first mass-produced submachine gun. He did not, however, have anything to do with the design or development of the MP 40, although he held a patent on the magazine.” MikeEagling (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Additional citation for ==Civilian ownership in the United States==

Posting here due to my COI with cited source.

Under ==Civilian ownership in the United States==, first paragraph, final sentence "This practice required proper registration of automatic weapons in accordance with the National Firearms Act before they could be imported, but this was curtailed later in the occupation, meaning a relatively small number of civilian-transferable original German MP 40s remain in circulation and are valued at around $20,000-37,500 as of 2021, with some selling for almost $50,000."

Additional citations:

LoVeloDogs (talk) 20:11, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Another example can be found in this list: item #9, https://www.gunbroker.com/c/article/top-21-most-expensive-items-sold-on-gunbroker-com-in-may-2023/, sold on GunBroker.com 18 May 2023 for $30,525.00 USD. LoVeloDogs (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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