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Glossary Item: MP 40 submachine gun
Name MP 40 submachine gun
Description A German submachine gun using the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge used extensively by the Axis powers during WW2. Although designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer, it was often called 'Schmeisser' by the Allies, after Hugo Schmeisser, who designed the previous MP 18.
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Name By Air to Battle. The official account of the British Airborne Divisions
Category Action in the Air
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Air Ministry
Published Oct/1945