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− | + | The '''MP40''' is a German submachine gun designed by [[Erma Werke]]. It was used in WW2. | |
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+ | Popular culture has portrayed the MP40 as the most common weapon in the hands of German soldiers during World War II. This is actually incorrect, as the bolt-action [[Karabiner 98k]] was more common, but in films, television, and especially in video games, the MP40 will be seen issued on at least a one-to-one basis with the Kar 98k, and is often more common than it. | ||
There are a number of common errors related to the magazine; the MP40's straight dual-column, single-feed magazine was notoriously prone to misfeeding if used as a grip, and the correct grip is either to grasp the magazine well or support the underside of the weapon directly behind it (see how the masked assailant fires the MP40 at Indiana Jones in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''). However, it is not strictly incorrect for an actor to grip the magazine, as a wealth of stock photographs exist of real soldiers holding their weapons in this way. Additionally, the MP40 magazine was prone to spring failures if fully loaded; rather than being loaded with a full 32 rounds, soldiers would typically use 30 or 28. Videogames will almost always show them with a full 32 rounds. | There are a number of common errors related to the magazine; the MP40's straight dual-column, single-feed magazine was notoriously prone to misfeeding if used as a grip, and the correct grip is either to grasp the magazine well or support the underside of the weapon directly behind it (see how the masked assailant fires the MP40 at Indiana Jones in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''). However, it is not strictly incorrect for an actor to grip the magazine, as a wealth of stock photographs exist of real soldiers holding their weapons in this way. Additionally, the MP40 magazine was prone to spring failures if fully loaded; rather than being loaded with a full 32 rounds, soldiers would typically use 30 or 28. Videogames will almost always show them with a full 32 rounds. | ||
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= MP40 = | = MP40 = | ||
− | [[ | + | [[File:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MP40 - 9x19mm]] |
− | [[ | + | [[File:MP40.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MP40 - 9x19mm]] |
+ | [[File:MP40 Bakelite.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MP40 with brown bakelite lower receiver - 9x19mm]] | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
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|''[[Soldiers (Soldaty)]]||||German soldiers||||1956 | |''[[Soldiers (Soldaty)]]||||German soldiers||||1956 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Jurásek]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1956 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Canal (Kanal)]]||||Polish insurgents and German soldiers||||1957 | |''[[Canal (Kanal)]]||||Polish insurgents and German soldiers||||1957 | ||
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| ''[[Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela)]]'' || || Saboteurs || || 1958 | | ''[[Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela)]]'' || || Saboteurs || || 1958 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[The Square Peg]]'' || [[John G. Heller]] || A German officer || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1959 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="3"|''[[Five Gates to Hell]]''|| [[Nobu McCarthy]] ||Chioko ||rowspan="3"| ||rowspan="3"|1959 | |rowspan="3"|''[[Five Gates to Hell]]''|| [[Nobu McCarthy]] ||Chioko ||rowspan="3"| ||rowspan="3"|1959 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || German soldiers, Polish partisans | | || German soldiers, Polish partisans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=4|''[[Strong with Spirit (Silnye dukhom)]]'' || [[Gunars Cilinskis]] || Nikolai Kuznetsov || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|1967 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Paul Butkevich]] || Jan Kaminski | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Yuriy Bogolyubov]] || Belotinskiy | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers, Soviet partisans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Farewell (Proshchay)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers and sailors, German sailors || || 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Way into "Saturn" (Put v "Saturn")]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1967 | | ''[[Way into "Saturn" (Put v "Saturn")]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1967 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || German and Soviet soldiers, resistance fighters | | || German and Soviet soldiers, resistance fighters | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy)]]'' || [[Lyubov Rumyantseva]] || ''Starshina'' (Sgt. Maj.) Lena Korolyova || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1968 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)]]'' || [[Aleksey Eybozhenko]] || Sr. Lt. Sascha Ziganjuk || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1968 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Jaecki Schwarz]] || Lt. Gregor Hecker | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Kill Rommel!]]'' || || Afrika Korps || || 1969 | |''[[Kill Rommel!]]'' || || Afrika Korps || || 1969 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus)]]'' || || Criminals || || 1973 | |''[[The Last Cartridge (Ultimul cartus)]]'' || || Criminals || || 1973 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Day of the Jackal]]''||[[Fjodor Atkine]]||OAS operative||||1973 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Boss]]'' || [[Howard Ross]] || Melende || || 1973 | |''[[The Boss]]'' || [[Howard Ross]] || Melende || || 1973 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || German soldiers, Italian partisans | | || German soldiers, Italian partisans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Now Where Did the 7th Company Get To? (Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie?)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1973 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="3"|''[[Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu)]]'' || [[Hana Cízková]] || Jiřina Doubravová || rowspan=3| || rowspan="3"|1974 | |rowspan="3"|''[[Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu)]]'' || [[Hana Cízková]] || Jiřina Doubravová || rowspan=3| || rowspan="3"|1974 | ||
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|''[[Flatfoot in Hong Kong]]'' || || Hong Kong criminal and Macau Police || || 1975 | |''[[Flatfoot in Hong Kong]]'' || || Hong Kong criminal and Macau Police || || 1975 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Kostja and the Radioman (Kostja und der Funker)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1975 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[The Seventh Company Has Been Found (On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie!)]]'' || [[Henri Guybet]] || Tassin || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1975 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom]]'' || || SS men || || 1975 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=5|''[[Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran)]]'' || [[Viktor Pivnenko]] || Kolya Mudryi || rowspan=5| || rowspan=5|1975 | | rowspan=5|''[[Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran)]]'' || [[Viktor Pivnenko]] || Kolya Mudryi || rowspan=5| || rowspan=5|1975 | ||
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| ''[[Appointed as the Granddaughter (Naznachayeshsya vnuchkoy)]]'' || || German soldiers and ''Hilfspolizei'' || || 1976 | | ''[[Appointed as the Granddaughter (Naznachayeshsya vnuchkoy)]]'' || || German soldiers and ''Hilfspolizei'' || || 1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=5|''[[Port]]'' || [[Aleksandr Belina]] || Miron || rowspan=5| || rowspan=5|1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Viktor Kondratyuk]] || Yakov | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Vadim Vilskiy]] || Yegor | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Rudolf Mukhin]] || Lugovoy's man | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers, Soviet partisans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Mama, I'm Alive (Mama, ich lebe)]]'' || || A German NCO, a Soviet partisan || || 1977 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[A Bridge Too Far]]|| ||German soldiers|| ||1977 | |''[[A Bridge Too Far]]|| ||German soldiers|| ||1977 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue)]]'' || [[Claudio Cassinelli]] || Guido Mauri || || 1977 | | ''[[Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue)]]'' || [[Claudio Cassinelli]] || Guido Mauri || || 1977 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[The Seventh Company Outdoors (La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1977 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan=3|''[[Force 10 from Navarone]]''||[[Barbara Bach]]||Maritza Petrovich ||rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3|1978 | |rowspan=3|''[[Force 10 from Navarone]]''||[[Barbara Bach]]||Maritza Petrovich ||rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3|1978 | ||
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|''[[Revenge (Revansa)]]'' || || Iron Guard legionnaires, German soldiers || || 1978 | |''[[Revenge (Revansa)]]'' || || Iron Guard legionnaires, German soldiers || || 1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |rowspan=7|''[[Special | + | |rowspan=7|''[[Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya)]]''||[[Leonhard Merzin]]||Major Ozyoryn ||rowspan=7| ||rowspan=7| 1978 |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Pavel Remezov]] || Ivan Prokopenko | | [[Pavel Remezov]] || Ivan Prokopenko | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || Bernard's henchmen | | || Bernard's henchmen | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?)]]'' || [[Aleksandr Kavalerov]] || Soldier Otto || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1978 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="3"|''[[Passage, The|The Passage]]'' || [[Anthony Quinn]] || Basque || rowspan=3| || rowspan="3"|1979 | |rowspan="3"|''[[Passage, The|The Passage]]'' || [[Anthony Quinn]] || Basque || rowspan=3| || rowspan="3"|1979 | ||
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| || German soldiers | | || German soldiers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Gunpowder (Porokh)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1985 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[F/X]]||[[Bryan Brown]]||Roland Tyler|| ||1986 | |''[[F/X]]||[[Bryan Brown]]||Roland Tyler|| ||1986 | ||
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| ''[[Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit)]]'' || || Police and Cleaners || || 1990 | | ''[[Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit)]]'' || || Police and Cleaners || || 1990 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Europa Europa]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1990 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan=2|''[[Rocketeer, The|The Rocketeer]]|| [[Timothy Dalton]] || Neville Sinclair ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|1991 | |rowspan=2|''[[Rocketeer, The|The Rocketeer]]|| [[Timothy Dalton]] || Neville Sinclair ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|1991 | ||
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| ''[[The Arbiter (Arbitr)]]'' || [[Fyodor Bondarchuk]] || Roma || || 1992 | | ''[[The Arbiter (Arbitr)]]'' || [[Fyodor Bondarchuk]] || Roma || || 1992 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[The Warrior's Heart]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|''[[Water Thieves (Pohititeli vody)]]'' || [[Sergei Rozhentsev]] || Ivan Mukhin || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1992 | | rowspan=3|''[[Water Thieves (Pohititeli vody)]]'' || [[Sergei Rozhentsev]] || Ivan Mukhin || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1992 | ||
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| [[Anna Semenovich]] || Zina | | [[Anna Semenovich]] || Zina | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Evelina | + | | [[Evelina Bledans]] || Gestapo 'Frau' Oddo |
|- | |- | ||
| || German soldiers | | || German soldiers | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Battle of Local Importance (Boi mestnogo znacheniya)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 2008 | |''[[Battle of Local Importance (Boi mestnogo znacheniya)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 2008 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[U-900]]'' || || German soldiers and sailors || || 2008 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Doomed to War (Obrechyonnye na voynu)]]'' || [[Aleksey Kolokoltsev]] || Saley || || 2008 | | ''[[Doomed to War (Obrechyonnye na voynu)]]'' || [[Aleksey Kolokoltsev]] || Saley || || 2008 | ||
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|rowspan=3|''[[Beyond the Border]]''|| ||German troops|| rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3| 2011 | |rowspan=3|''[[Beyond the Border]]''|| ||German troops|| rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3| 2011 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Antti Reini]]||Wille | + | | [[Antti Reini]]||Wille Jarvinen |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Bjorn Sundquist]]||Egil | | [[Bjorn Sundquist]]||Egil | ||
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| ''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' |||| German soldier || || 2017 | | ''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' |||| German soldier || || 2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2"|''[[The Captain]]'' || [[Frederick Lau]] || Gefreiter Kipinski|| || rowspan="2"| 2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers || | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Unknown Soldier, The (2017)|The Unknown Soldier]]''|| || German soldier ||||2017 | |''[[Unknown Soldier, The (2017)|The Unknown Soldier]]''|| || German soldier ||||2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Once Upon A Time In Hollywood]]'' ||||German soldier||||2019 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || German soldiers, Ukrainian nationalist fighters | | || German soldiers, Ukrainian nationalist fighters | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=7|''[[Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)]]'' || [[Jürgen Zartmann]] || Hermann Anders || With sawed-off barrel; Ep.9-11 || rowspan=7|1984 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Günter Naumann]] || Albert || With sawed-off barrel; Ep.9 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Ulrich Teschner]] || A German Lt. || Ep.8 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Petr Skarke]] || Boris || Ep.11 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Wolfram Handel]] || SS-Standartenführer Eisleben || Ep.11 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Ulrich Voß]] || SS-Scharführer Gustav || Ep.11 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || Wehrmacht and SS personnel || Ep.8-11 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|''[[Confrontation (Protivostoyanie)]]'' || [[Andrei Boltnev]] || Nikolai Krotov || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1985 | | rowspan=2|''[[Confrontation (Protivostoyanie)]]'' || [[Andrei Boltnev]] || Nikolai Krotov || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1985 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 1|The Man in the High Castle]]''||||Greater Nazi Reich soldiers||||2015 | |''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 1|The Man in the High Castle]]''||||Greater Nazi Reich soldiers||||2015 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[SS-GB]]''||||German military||||2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Flash, The - Season 4|The Flash, Season 4]]'' || [[Candice Patton]] || Iris West || "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (S04E08) || 2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[His Dark Materials]]''|| || || ||2019 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Medal of Honor: Underground]]''|| || || 2000 | |''[[Medal of Honor: Underground]]''|| || || 2000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Tomb Raider: Chronicles]]''|| || Only appears in an FMV || 2000 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''|| MP40 || || 2001 | |''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''|| MP40 || || 2001 | ||
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|''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]''|| MP40 || || 2002 | |''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]''|| MP40 || || 2002 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[BloodRayne]]'' || SMP34 || || 2002 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]''|| || || 2003 | | ''[[Forgotten Hope]]''|| || || 2003 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Yozakura Quartet]]''|| Kotoha Isone || || 2008-2014 | |''[[Yozakura Quartet]]''|| Kotoha Isone || || 2008-2014 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan="2"|''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' || German guards || S1E12, "The Pillar Man" ||rowspan="2"|2012 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Santana || S1E13, "JoJo vs. The Ultimate Lifeform" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''||Homura Akemi||||2013 | |''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''||Homura Akemi||||2013 | ||
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= MP38 = | = MP38 = | ||
− | [[ | + | [[File:Mp38-1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP38 - 9x19mm]] |
[[File:MP 38 Left Side.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP38 - 9x19mm]] | [[File:MP 38 Left Side.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP38 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:MP 38 Folding Stock.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP38 with stock extended - 9x19mm]] | [[File:MP 38 Folding Stock.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP38 with stock extended - 9x19mm]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran)]]'' || || German soldiers and Soviet partisans || || 1975 | | ''[[Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran)]]'' || || German soldiers and Soviet partisans || || 1975 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[Port]]'' || [[Nikolay Slyozka]] || Fyodor Biryukov || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan=2|''[[Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta)]]'' || [[Augustín Kubán]] || Bald ''UPA'' || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1978 | |rowspan=2|''[[Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta)]]'' || [[Augustín Kubán]] || Bald ''UPA'' || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1978 | ||
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|''[[Revenge (Revansa)]]'' || || Iron Guard legionnaires || || 1978 | |''[[Revenge (Revansa)]]'' || || Iron Guard legionnaires || || 1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Special | + | |''[[Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya)]]'' || [[Leonhard Merzin]] || Major Ozyoryn || || 1978 |
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|''[[Velvet Season (Barkhatnyy sezon)]]'' || [[Valentina Ignatyeva]] || Liz || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1978 | | rowspan=3|''[[Velvet Season (Barkhatnyy sezon)]]'' || [[Valentina Ignatyeva]] || Liz || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1978 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| || Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers, "Forest Brothers" | | || Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers, "Forest Brothers" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)]]'' || [[Joachim Schönitz]] || A Wehrmacht Lt. || Ep.10 || 1984 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[State Border: Film 5, The|The State Border: Film 5]]''||||German soldiers and Russian Border guards||||1986 | |''[[State Border: Film 5, The|The State Border: Film 5]]''||||German soldiers and Russian Border guards||||1986 | ||
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=MP41= | =MP41= | ||
− | [[ | + | [[File:Mp41-1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|MP41 - 9x19mm]] |
− | Haenel/Schmeisser MP41 was a copy of the MP40 produced from 1941-42. It saw usage with the SS and Police during World War II. It featured wooden furniture and a wooden stock. Production ended because of legal action by the designers of the MP40. Unlike the MP38 and MP40, the MP41 had a cross-bolt button fire selector taken from the [[Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II|MP28]] allowing it to fire in semi-auto. | + | |
+ | The Haenel/Schmeisser MP41 was a copy of the MP40 produced produced and used in small quantities from 1941-42. It saw usage with the SS and Police during World War II. It featured wooden furniture and a wooden stock. Production ended because of legal action by the designers of the MP40. Unlike the MP38 and MP40, the MP41 had a cross-bolt button fire selector taken from the [[Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II|MP28]] allowing it to fire in semi-auto. | ||
+ | |||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
(1941 - 1942) | (1941 - 1942) | ||
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title''' |
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela)]]'' || || A saboteur || || 1958 | | ''[[Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela)]]'' || || A saboteur || || 1958 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=6|''[[Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?]]'' || [[Joachim Hansen]] || Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse || rowspan=6| without wooden stock || rowspan=6|1959 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Horst Frank]] || Feldwebel Böse | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Günter Pfitzmann]] || Kunowski | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Gunnar Möller]] || Leutnant Fuhrmann | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Wolfgang Preiss]] || Major Linkmann | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German and Romanian soldiers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Deadlier Than the Male]]'' || || Petersen's henchman || || 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1973 | | ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1973 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[Henry Brown]] || Martin | | [[Henry Brown]] || Martin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu), The|The Plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu)]]'' || || Liberated slaves || || 1994 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Richard III]]'' || || Richard's guard || || 1995 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' || || German soldier || || 2001 | |''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' || || German soldier || || 2001 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Priest (Pop)]]'' || || German soldier || || 2009 | |''[[The Priest (Pop)]]'' || || German soldier || || 2009 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Captain]]'' || || German ''Fallschirmjäger'' || || 2017 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]||MP41 SMG||||2006 | |''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]||MP41 SMG||||2006 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Raid: World War II]]|| "MP38" || Upgraded MP38 variant ||2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]|| "Wunderwaffe" and "Do-Re-Mi" || cosmetic variant of MP40 ||2017 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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The MP40 is a German submachine gun designed by Erma Werke. It was used in WW2.
Popular culture has portrayed the MP40 as the most common weapon in the hands of German soldiers during World War II. This is actually incorrect, as the bolt-action Karabiner 98k was more common, but in films, television, and especially in video games, the MP40 will be seen issued on at least a one-to-one basis with the Kar 98k, and is often more common than it.
There are a number of common errors related to the magazine; the MP40's straight dual-column, single-feed magazine was notoriously prone to misfeeding if used as a grip, and the correct grip is either to grasp the magazine well or support the underside of the weapon directly behind it (see how the masked assailant fires the MP40 at Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark). However, it is not strictly incorrect for an actor to grip the magazine, as a wealth of stock photographs exist of real soldiers holding their weapons in this way. Additionally, the MP40 magazine was prone to spring failures if fully loaded; rather than being loaded with a full 32 rounds, soldiers would typically use 30 or 28. Videogames will almost always show them with a full 32 rounds.
N.B. In several films, novels and television series, the MP40 is colloquially referred to as the "Schmeisser", which was the nickname assigned to it by Allied soldiers during World War II. In fact, German weapons designer Hugo Schmeisser had no part in the design or manufacture of the MP40, except for a patent on the magazine. Schmeisser's name was associated with the weapon due to his involvement in several earlier designs, including the MP-18, the first submachine gun deployed in combat (during World War I).
The MP40 sub-machine gun (or one of its variants) can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
MP40
Specifications
(1940 - 1944)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 9x19mm
- Weight: 8.82 lbs (4 kg)
- Length: 32.8 in (83.3 cm) stock extended, 24.8 in (63 cm) stock folded
- Barrel length: 9.9 in (25.1 cm)
- Capacity: 32-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Full-auto only
Film
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
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Combat! | 1962-1967 | |||
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | various characters | 1964-1968 | ||
Hogan's Heroes | 1965-1971 | |||
Mission Impossible | 1966-1973 | |||
Stawka wieksza niz zycie | Stanislaw Mikulski | Hans Kloss | 1966-1968 | |
Janina Boronska | Irena | "Wiem kim jestes" | ||
Andrzej May | Jacek | |||
Andrzej Polkowski | Hugon | "Haslo" | ||
Saturnin Zórawski | Otto Fahrenwirst | "Poszukiwany gruppenführer Wolf" | ||
Zygmunt Kestowicz | Ohlers | |||
German soldiers and Polish partisans | ||||
Rat Patrol | 1966-1968 | |||
Garrison's Gorillas | 1967-1968 | |||
Bors | 1968 | |||
Columbo | Is seen in a collection of submachine guns | "Dead Weight" (S01E03) | 1971 | |
Omega Option (Variant "Omega") | German soldiers | 1975 | ||
Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) | Aleksey Petrenko | Gavrila Semyonovich Chernoivanenko | Film 3 | 1976 |
Vitali Doroshenko | Leonid Tsymbal | |||
German soldiers, Soviet partisans | ||||
Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e) | Soviet partisans | 1976 | ||
30 Cases of Major Zeman | Jirí Nemecek | Kapitán | "Vrah se skrývá v poli" (S01E10) | 1976 |
Zdenek Kutil | Beneš | |||
Jaroslav Rozsíval | Bosák | |||
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 1 | Valeri Khlevinsky | Anton Saveliev | Ep.10 | 1979 |
German soldiers | ||||
Archiv des Todes | Jürgen Zartmann | Georg | 1980 | |
Gojko Mitic | Boris | |||
Gerd Blahuschek | Hauptmann Ernst | |||
Krzysztof Stroinski | Heiner | |||
Leon Niemczyk | Janek | |||
Barbara Brylska | Hanka | |||
German soldiers and polish resistance fighters | ||||
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) | Arijs Geikins | Aboltynsh | Ep.5 | 1982 |
Roland Zagorskis | Zigis Aboltynsh | |||
Helmuts Kalnins | Janka | |||
Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers, "Forest Brothers" | ||||
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 2 | Nikolay Ivanov | Ivan Saveliev | 1983 | |
Vadim Spiridonov | Fyodor Saveliev | |||
Nikolay Penkov | Valentik | |||
German soldiers, Ukrainian nationalist fighters | ||||
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) | Jürgen Zartmann | Hermann Anders | With sawed-off barrel; Ep.9-11 | 1984 |
Günter Naumann | Albert | With sawed-off barrel; Ep.9 | ||
Ulrich Teschner | A German Lt. | Ep.8 | ||
Petr Skarke | Boris | Ep.11 | ||
Wolfram Handel | SS-Standartenführer Eisleben | Ep.11 | ||
Ulrich Voß | SS-Scharführer Gustav | Ep.11 | ||
Wehrmacht and SS personnel | Ep.8-11 | |||
Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) | Andrei Boltnev | Nikolai Krotov | 1985 | |
German soldiers | ||||
The State Border: Film 5 | German soldiers & Russian Border guards | 1986 | ||
The State Border: Film 6 | Ukrainian Insurgents | 1987 | ||
The State Border: Film 7 | Saboteurs | 1988 | ||
Brigada | 1989-2000 | |||
The Halt of Wanderers (Prival strannikov) | A criminal | 1991 | ||
Sahara | James Belushi | Master Sgt. Joe Gunn | 1995 | |
Alan David Lee | Bates | |||
Claus Dyson | Sgt. Kraus | |||
The X-Files - Season 6 | German soldiers | "Triangle" (S6E03) | 1999 | |
The Sopranos | Federico Castelluccio | Furio | "House Arrest" (2.11) | 2000 |
Band of Brothers | German soldiers | 2001 | ||
Justice League | German soldiers | "The Savage Time, Parts 2 & 3" | 2002 | |
Firefly | Various characters | 2002-2003 | ||
The Penal Battalion | Yuriy Stepanov | Antip Glymov | 2004 | |
Russian soldiers | ||||
German soldiers | ||||
Dunkirk | German soldiers | 2004 | ||
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Masami Nagasawa | Izumi Hoshi | 2006 | |
Liquidation (Likvidatsiya) | Criminals | 2007 | ||
Guns | Athena Karkanis | ATF Agent Mendoza | 2008 | |
CSI: NY - Season 5 | German SS Officers | "Yahrezit" (S05E22) | 2008-2009 | |
Caprica | 2010 | |||
Sanctuary | Used by German Soldiers | "Normandy" (S03E07) | 2011 | |
"Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz) | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
Red Mountains (Krasnye gory) | German soldiers | 2013 | ||
Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom) | Sergey Marin | Nikolay Telyatnik | 2013 | |
Aleksandr Ustyugov | Capt. Subbotin | |||
German soldiers, Soviet scouts | ||||
Our Mothers, Our Fathers | German troops and Polish partisans | 2013 | ||
Foyle's War - Season 8 | German soldiers | "Sunflower" (S08E03) | 2013 | |
Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | Maciej Zakoscielny | Bronek Woyciechowski | 2014 | |
Adam Fidusiewicz | Marian 'Wilk' Suchecki | |||
German soldiers, Polish insurgents | ||||
Father Brown - Season 3 | German soldiers | "The Judgement of Man" (S03E10) | 2015 | |
The Man in the High Castle | Greater Nazi Reich soldiers | 2015 | ||
SS-GB | German military | 2017 | ||
The Flash, Season 4 | Candice Patton | Iris West | "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (S04E08) | 2017 |
His Dark Materials | 2019 |
Video Games
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Count Cagliostro's hencheman | 1979 | |
Golgo 13: The Professional | Dr. Z's men | 1983 | |
Appleseed | Street thug | 1988 | |
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front | New Camelot soldiers | 1994 | |
Gunsmith Cats | Can be seen in the home of Rally Vincent | 1995 - 1996 | |
Kochikame | 1996 - 2005 | ||
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Sect members | 1998 | |
Él | SWAT | 2001 | |
Hellsing Ultimate | Nazi soldiers | 2001-2002 | |
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Outside Legend | Kei Yuki | 2002 | |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa | Thule Society members | 2005 | |
The Skull Man | White Bell cultists | 2007 | |
Yozakura Quartet | Kotoha Isone | 2008-2014 | |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | German guards | S1E12, "The Pillar Man" | 2012 |
Santana | S1E13, "JoJo vs. The Ultimate Lifeform" | ||
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion | Homura Akemi | 2013 |
MP38
The MP38 was a predecessor to the MP40 used by the German Military before 1940. It was still used in small quantities in 1941 and 1942. The MP38 can be identified by its fluted receiver and hook shaped cocking handle.
Specifications
(1938 - 1940)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 9x19mm
- Weight: 9.5 lbs (4.31 kg)
- Length: 32.7 in (83.0 cm) stock extended, 24.4 in (62 cm) stock folded
- Barrel length: 9.4 in (25.1 cm)
- Capacity: 32-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Full-auto only
Film
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
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Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies) | Janusz Gajos | Janek Kos | 1966-1970 | |
Franciszek Pieczka | Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń | |||
Wlodzimierz Press | Sgt. "Gresh" Saakashvili | |||
German soldiers | ||||
Seventeen Moments of Spring | German soldiers | 1973 | ||
Once There Was a House (Byl jednou jeden dum) | Jirí Hrzán | Tutek Drvota | "Obvaziste Boccaccio" (S1E5) | 1974 |
Jirí Vala | Painter Dlask | |||
Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) | German soldiers | Film 3 | 1976 | |
30 Cases of Major Zeman | Josef Vinklár | Jula | "Strach" (S01E08) | 1974-1979 |
Jan Tríska | Eda | |||
Jan Kanyza | Wehrwolf | "Vyznavači ohně (S01E02) | ||
Wehrwolfs | ||||
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) | Arijs Geikins | Aboltynsh | Ep.5 | 1982 |
Roland Zagorskis | Zigis Aboltynsh | |||
Martins Verdins | Bruno | |||
Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers, "Forest Brothers" | ||||
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) | Joachim Schönitz | A Wehrmacht Lt. | Ep.10 | 1984 |
The State Border: Film 5 | German soldiers and Russian Border guards | 1986 | ||
The State Border: Film 6 | Ukrainian Insurgents | 1987 | ||
The Penal Battalion | Aleksandr Bashirov | Aleksey Shustrov | 2004 | |
Red Army soldiers | ||||
German soldiers | ||||
Dunkirk | German soldiers | 2004 | ||
"Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz) | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
"Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz) | Sergey Makhovikov | Starshina Viktor Filippov | 2011 | |
Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | Karolina Gorczyca | Wiktoria 'Ruda' Rudnicka | 2014 |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Fallout Tactics | 2001 | ||
ÜberSoldier | MP40 | 2006 | |
Dino D-Day | MP40 | 2012 | |
Deadfall Adventures | MP-38 | 2013 |
MP41
The Haenel/Schmeisser MP41 was a copy of the MP40 produced produced and used in small quantities from 1941-42. It saw usage with the SS and Police during World War II. It featured wooden furniture and a wooden stock. Production ended because of legal action by the designers of the MP40. Unlike the MP38 and MP40, the MP41 had a cross-bolt button fire selector taken from the MP28 allowing it to fire in semi-auto.
Specifications
(1941 - 1942)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 9x19mm
- Weight: 8.2 lbs (3.7 kg)
- Length: 34 in (86.4 cm)
- Barrel length: 9.9 in (25.1 cm)
- Capacity: 32-round box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto, Full-Auto
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
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Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela) | A saboteur | 1958 | ||
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Joachim Hansen | Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse | without wooden stock | 1959 |
Horst Frank | Feldwebel Böse | |||
Günter Pfitzmann | Kunowski | |||
Gunnar Möller | Leutnant Fuhrmann | |||
Wolfgang Preiss | Major Linkmann | |||
German and Romanian soldiers | ||||
Deadlier Than the Male | Petersen's henchman | 1967 | ||
Massacre in Rome | German soldiers | 1973 | ||
A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza) | Romanian prison guards | 1974 | ||
Sky Riders | Werner Pochath | Terrorist Leader | 1976 | |
Henry Brown | Martin | |||
The Plane flies to Russia (Samolyot letit v Rossiyu) | Liberated slaves | 1994 | ||
Richard III | Richard's guard | 1995 | ||
Enemy at the Gates | German soldier | 2001 | ||
Hart's War | German soldier | 2002 | ||
Mr. Bean's Holiday | German soldiers | 2007 | ||
Frontier(s) | Estelle Lefébure | Gilberte | 2007 | |
The Priest (Pop) | German soldier | 2009 | ||
The Captain | German Fallschirmjäger | 2017 |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | MP41 SMG | 2006 | |
Raid: World War II | "MP38" | Upgraded MP38 variant | 2017 |
Call of Duty: WWII | "Wunderwaffe" and "Do-Re-Mi" | cosmetic variant of MP40 | 2017 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | 1998 | ||
Najica Blitz Tactics | 2001 |