The MP 18 submachine gun is a simple blowback operated weapon firing from the open bolt. The original MP 18.1 was designed to use the snail drum magazine of the Luger Artillery model pistol. This rotary design type of magazine holds 32 rounds of 9 mm Parabellum, [3] the user having to load the magazine with a proprietary loading tool. A special ...

2019年10月14日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Bergmann MP18/I (Maschinenpistole 18/I) Submachine Gun (SMG) including pictures.

The weakness of the MP18, apart from its weight and cost of manufacture, was its magazine feed: it used the 32 round snail drum of the Artillery Luger. (A snail “drum” is not a true drum, exactly, but a box magazine oriented in a spiral to save space. It’s very tricky to design).

The MP18.1 manufactured by Theodor Bergmann Abteilung Waffenbau was the first practical submachine gun used in combat. It was introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World War I as the primary weapon of the Stosstruppen, assault groups specialized in …

Developed by Hugo Schmeisser and Theodor Bergmann, the MP18/1 Submachine Gun was designed with trench warfare in mind. Designated the Maschinenpistole 18/1, it had a 32 round TM08 drum, or "snail shell," magazine and could fire approximately 500 rounds per minute.

2023年9月15日 · My article on Hugo Schmeisser’s early submachine guns, that is the Bergmann M.P.18,I through M.P.18,IV and the SIG-Bergmann M.P., has now been published as the latest issue of ARMAX is shipping.

2021年11月2日 · When the MP-18 was issued by the German Army in World War One, it used the then-in-production Luger “snail drum” magazines. These were expensive, awkward, and generally not ideal. Once the war ended, Hugo Schmeisser quickly developed an …

2016年7月1日 · The heavy snail drum magazine extending horizontally out of the receiver, made the weapon awkward to handle. The M.P. 18,I machine pistol was affectionately nicknamed the Kugelspritze or bullet squirter by the German troops.

2017年8月12日 · The snail drum gun has a serial number near 33,000. My hypothesis is that the drum was specifically for the MP18 and that while it could fit the artillery, that was mostly a diversion to further hide the development of the MP18 and it's existence since the SMG was a game changer in warfare.

The Bergmann MP18 was the world's first practical submachine gun, developed by Hugo Schmeisser and used by German forces during the closing months of World War I. Chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum, the MP18 was designed to provide German stormtroopers with a lightweight, automatic weapon for close-quarters combat.