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.

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 trench combat. Although MP18 production ended in the 1920s, its design formed the basis of most submachine guns manufactured between 1920 and 1960.

2019年10月14日 · The MP18 was an innovative and revolutionary design in the scope of firearms that went on to influence other submachine gun projects well into the 1960s. The blowback system of operation became the standard for many famous designs to follow and undoubtedly inspired such interwar designs like the Soviet PPD which essentially retained the same ...

2020年5月27日 · Using the standard-issued 32-round drum, or rather snail, magazine, the MP 18 was markedly superior than any bolt-action rifle at ranges of 300 meters or less.

2024年8月5日 · One of the earliest legitimate submachine guns was MP18, which Bergmann Waffenfabrik had Hugo Schmeisser design. It was released during World War I for German assault troops and it used a 9mm Parabellum ammunition that could be fed by 32-drum magazine. Its blowback operation opened the bolt at approximately 500 rounds per minute.

2016年8月2日 · The MP-18 is a German submachine gun, first designed by Hugo Schmeisser in 1916 and manufactured by Theodor Bergmann. It was first introduced on the battlefield towards the end of the war in 1918 by the German Army. The weapon was specialized for close quarters trench combat. Production of the MP-18 ended in the 1920s.

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.

2016年5月9日 · One weapon of close combat that has been associated with German assault troops is the MP18 submachine-gun. The German Army had been swift to perceive the potential for highly portable, short-range, automatic weapons and had begun experimenting with various concepts from 1915 onwards.

The MP18 submachine gun, developed by Hugo Schmeisser during World War I, was designed to meet the German Army’s need for a powerful close-combat weapon for their stormtroopers in trench warfare. Despite initial challenges with its magazine, the MP18’s compact and fully automatic design significantly influenced future firearms and marked a ...

The Maschinen-Pistole 18,I can lay claim to being the first true submachine-gun: ie a hand portable, fully automatic firearm, chambered for a pistol cartridge. The key to the development of such weapons was the use of pistol ammunition (which was of much lower power than rifle cartridges), permitting the use of the "blowback" principle.