Deactivated WWII German MP40 Submachine Gun
- Product Code: 30526
- Availability: Out Of Stock
This is a WWII Nazi MP40 machine gun. This example has the "ayf" code that was only used by Erma during their wartime production of the MP40 and is dated 43 - 1943. With many matching numbered parts, this MP40 is in great condition with even wear throughout. Unusually it has two sets of serial numbers on the barrel, this would indicate that during production the barrel was re-assigned from gun number 2420b and instead fitted to this one serial number 6217h. It also has a mysterious marking an R 1 within a box! It comes fitted with an aluminum barrel rest and 1943 dated Erma made magazine.
The MP40 was an innovative design in both terms of manufacture and as a weapon of war. It was made using stamped steel and Bakelite parts and had a very clever folding stock arrangement making it an ideal compact weapon for the German Fallshrimjager (paratroops). The MP40 was issued widely throughout the German army with infantry divisions and SS units receiving them first in 1940, and was only in production from 1940 to 1945. It was also a favourite with Allied troops and was a prized trophy and often it would be used in preference to other available weapons if captured.