Introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World War I, the MP 18 was intended for use by the Sturmtruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat, as a short-range offensive weapon that would provide individual soldiers with increased firepower over a pistol.

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 global defense reference actively compiled since 2003

The MP18 remained in limited service with the German armed forces during the Second World War, specifically with the Sicherheitsdienst, later eastern foreign divisions of the Waffen SS and also with Kriegsmarine coastal artillery units.

The M.P.18,I (Maschinenpistole 1918) was a German submachine gun designed by Hugo Schmeisser and produced by Theodor Bergmann Abteilung Waffenbau Suhl from 1918 to 1920.

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.

It was the first effective and easy-to-use submachine gun in combat. It was designed by Hugo Schmeisser. This submachine gun was introduced in 1918, and and was used in the First world War. They were produced until the 1920s, but production resumed during World War II. It served as the basis for many submachine guns until the 1960s.

2020年12月16日 · The history of this weapon, commonly known as the MP18, I (or, less regularly, as the Bergmann Muskete) is shrouded in mystery and has become the basis of not a little myth-making. Schmeisser’s design took the barrel of the long-barrelled Luger and combined it with a blowback action comprising a firing-pin riding inside a heavy bolt, which ...

2023年11月17日 · MP18-influenced designs include Chinese copies chambered in 7.63 Mauser used in the fight against Japan, the French MAS35 and MAS38, and the Swiss SIG Bergmann. The SIG Bergmann would, strangely enough, lead to the Soviet PPSH-41 which Nazi Germany would encounter in World War II.

2016年8月2日 · Notice the similarities between the MP-18 and the World War II German MP-40? The MP-18 was developed around the idea of infiltration, fire and movement, specifically in the trenches to clear out enemy troops.