The Lmg.-Pistole Mod. 1941/44 – also known as Furrer MP 41/44, MP41/44 and LMG-Pistole – was the first submachine gun manufactured in Switzerland for the Swiss Army. The weapon used a complicated toggle-operated short recoil mechanism for its operation and it corresponds to that of the Furrer M25, which is why it is also called Lmg.-Pistole ...

The Furrer MP41, also known as the Leichtes Maschinengewehr Pistole 41 (German: Lightweight Machine Gun Pistol 41) or Lmg-Pist 41, is a Swiss submachine gun that was produced by W+F Bern. It was issued to the Swiss Army during World War II.

SIG's competitor was the W+F's Furrer MP41/44. The submachine gun trials were derailed by Colonel Adolf Furrer 's influence and due to his actions, the Swiss Army ended up choosing the Furrer MP41/44 over SIG MP41.

The MP41 (not to be confused with the German MP41, which was a completely unrelated gun) was designed by Adolf Furrer, who really, really like toggle locking actions. He had worked at Waffenfabrik Bern originally building Luger pistols and Maxim machine guns, and apparently developed a bit of a fixation on the system.

Apr 27, 2018 · Unfortunately for the Swiss, Furrer’s arguments worked, and Bern ended up with a contract for what would be designated the MP41. It was a short-recoil, toggle-locked gun using a side-mounted 40 round single-feed magazine and firing at a rate of 850-900 rounds/minute.

Jul 31, 2016 · The W+F effort was headed by Col. Adolf Furrer, a gun designer who had devised several successful weapons already in Swiss use. He was well-regarded and at the time had been named as superintendent of W+F. SIG’s entrant was the MP 41, a logical development of it’s private MK37 design.

Apr 27, 2018 · http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeaponsThe Swiss military discovered an urgent need for submachine guns in the early years of World War II, and sent out a ve...

The design of the Waffenfabrik Bern was based on the by Adolf Furrer, so the MP41 turned out to be a scaled-down version of it. As it turned out, the MP41 or Sub machine gun 41/44 was the most expensive and most complicated submachine gun ever produced in large series.

Full-Auto-Maschinenpistole LMG/P Waffenfabrik W+F MP 41/44 (Furrer) 12### 1. Serie mit "Griff mit Draht". 9mm Para Zwischen Ende 1941 und Juni 1944 wurden ca. 5'200 MP41 produziert und anschliessend auf 41/44 umgebaut. Und weitere 4'500 W+F MP 41/44 (LMG/P) wurden von Juni 1944 bis Ende 1945 produziert.

The Swiss MP41/44 submachine-gun was developed during the Second World War, when neutral Switzerland sought to update its military equipment. It was designed by the established designer Colonel Adolf Furrer, who favoured using the toggle-locking system originally devised by Hiram Maxim in a whole range of automatic weapons.