MP 40

Popular culture has portrayed the MP40 as the most common weapon in the hands of WW2 German soldiers; this is actually incorrect, as the bolt-action Kar 98 was more common, but in movies and especially in videogames the MP40 will be seen issued on at least a one-to-one basis with the Kar 98, 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 to grasp the top of the magazine well. 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.

The MP40 sub-machine gun (or one of it's variants) can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

MP40 - 9x19mm

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MGC replica MP40 converted to fire 9x19mm blanks

Specifications

Weight: 4 kg (8.82 lb)
Length: 833 mm (32.8 in) stock extended / 630 mm (24.8 in) stock folded
Barrel length: 251 mm (9.9 in)
Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum
Action: Straight blowback, open bolt
Rate of fire: 550 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: ~380 m/s (1,247 ft/s)
Effective range: 100 m
Maximum range: 200 m
Feed system: 32-round detachable box magazine
Sights: Hooded front blade, fixed and flip-up U-notch rear

Film

• SS soldiers in Atentát

• SS men and Barricade fighters in The Silent Barricade (1949)

• Vladimír Smeral as Kroupa in The Silent Barricade (1949)

• Barbara Drapinska as Halina in The Silent Barricade (1949)

• Jaroslav Marvan as Patrolman Brucek in The Silent Barricade (1949)

• German soldiers in Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) (1974)

• Hana Cízková as Jirina Doubravová in Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) (1974)

• Bronislav Poloczek as Resistance fighter in Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) (1974)

• Jirí Kodet as 1st Lt. Sauer in Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) (1974)

• German soldiers, captive Soviet soldiers and French prisoner in The Lark (Zhavoronok) (1964)

• German soldiers and Soviet soldiers in Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) (1964)

• German soldiers/paratroopers and Starshina Vasko (Andrei Martynov) in The Dawns Here are Quiet (A zori zdes tikhie) (1972)

• Irina Shevchuk as Rita Osjanina in The Dawns Here are Quiet (A zori zdes tikhie) (1972)

• Olga Ostroumova as Zhenja Komelkowa in The Dawns Here are Quiet (A zori zdes tikhie) (1972)

• German soldiers/paratroopers in Soldier of Orange (1977)

• Dutch resistance fighters in Soldier of Orange (1977)

• Huub Smit as Richard in New Kids Turbo (2010)

• Nicole van Lierop as Manuela in New Kids Turbo (2010)

• German soldiers in The Odessa File (1974)

• German soldiers in They Fought for Their Country (1975)

• German soldiers in Dozhit do rassveta (1975)

• German soldiers in Charlotte Gray (2001)

• James MacArthur as Lt. Weaver in Battle of the Bulge (1965)

• Az oroszlán ugrani készül (1969)

• Marlon Brando as Lt. Christian Diestel in The Young Lions (1958)

• Shining Through (1992)

• The Guns of Navarone (1962)

• Bryan Brown as Roland Tyler in F/X (1986)

• Germans and Basterds in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

• German soldiers in Brother's War (2009)

• German soldiers in Attack on Leningrad (2007)

• German soldiers in Life is Beautiful

• German soldiers in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

• German soldiers and Soviet soldiers in Officers (Ofitsery) (1971)

• German soldiers in Hell Is for Heroes

• German soldiers in Schindler's List

• Nazi Commandos in The Rocketeer

• Timothy Dalton as Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer

• Michael Caine as Captain Douglas in Play Dirty

• Nigel Davenport as Captain Cyril Leech in Play Dirty

• German soldiers in To Be or Not to Be (1983)

• German soldiers in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

• German soldiers in Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Burt Lancaster in The Train

• German soldiers in Saving Private Ryan

• German soldiers in Band of Brothers

• A German soldier in Anne's dream in The Diary of Anne Frank

• German soldiers in A Bridge Too Far

• German soldiers in Kelly's Heroes

• German Soldiers in Battle of the Bulge

• German Soldiers and the Allied prisoners in Von Ryan's Express

• Andrew Robinson as The Scorpio Killer in Dirty Harry

• George Peppard in Operation Crossbow

• 633 Squadron

• Various characters in Goldfinger

• Venice assassins in Moonraker

• Various German soldiers in Downfall aka "Der Untergang"

• The Dirty Dozen

• Roman soldiers in Jesus Christ Superstar

• Used by Clint Eastwood and various Nazi's in the movie Where Eagles Dare

• German soldiers in Bulletproof Monk

• One of Dr. Evil's Henchmen in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• SS guards in The Grey Zone

• The Big Red One (1980)

• German Soldier in To Hell and Back (1955)

• German Soldiers in The Longest Day (1963)

• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

• The Devil's Brigade (1968)

• Charlton Heston as Robert Neville in The Omega Man

• German soldiers in X-Men

• Pink Floyd The Wall

• Victor Buono in The Silencers

• Blofeld's henchmen in From Russia with Love

• Black Book

• German soldiers and Sgt. Mamochkin (Aleksey Panin) in The Star (Zvezda) (2002)

• Thug in Max Payne

• German soldiers and Russian partisans in Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh) (1971)

• Senior Lt. Evgeniy Tamantsev (Vladislav Galkin) in In August of 1944 (2001)

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur in Les Morfalous (1984)

• Pietro Martellanza as Mike Rand and Cobra's henchmen in The Cobra (1967)

• Boryslav Brondukov as Pepelenko in The anxious month of September (Trevozhnyy mesyats Veresen) (1976)

• German soldiers in At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) (1968)

• German soldiers in Soldiers (Soldaty) (1956)

• Polish insurgents and German soldiers in Canal (Kanal) (1957)

• Maciek Chelmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski) in Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

• Nikolai Sivyi (Aleksei Krymov), bandits in Personal Safety Not Guaranteed (Lichnoy bezopasnosti ne garantiruyu) (1980)

• Young saboteurs in Bastards (Svolochi) (2006)

• German soldiers and Julie Depardieu as Jeanne Faussier in Female agents (2008)

• German soldiers in Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)

Television

• Combat!

• Garrison's Gorillas

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

• Mission Impossible

• Bors

• Weaponology

• Rat Patrol

• Brigada

• Hogan's Heroes

• Caprica

• Athena Karkanis as ATF Agent Mendoza in Guns

• German soldiers and Russian Border guards in The State Border: Film 5 (1986)

• Ukrainian Insurgents in The State Border: Film 6 (1987)

• Saboteurs in The State Border: Film 7 (1988)

• Used by German Soldiers in the Sanctuary episode "Normandy" (2011)

Video Games

• A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

• Commandos 2: Men of Courage (as the "Sub-machine Gun")

• Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (as the "Submachine Gun")

• Battlefield: 1942

• BloodRayne

• Hidden & Dangerous

• Hidden & Dangerous 2

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein

• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

• Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: United Offensive

• Call of Duty 2

• Call of Duty 3

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Call of Duty: Big Red One

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

• Commandos: Strike Force

• Hour of Victory

• Medal of HonorPlaystation 1

• Medal of Honor: Underground

• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

• Medal of Honor: Frontline

• Medal of Honor: Infiltrator

• Medal of Honor: Vanguard

• Medal of Honor: Airborne

• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

• Silent Storm (MP38, MP40, MP40-II,)

• The Royal Marines Commando

• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

• Velvet Assassin (not usable)

• Wolfenstein

• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

• World War II Online: Battleground Europe

• WWII G.I.

• 7554

Anime

• Can be seen in the home of Rally Vincent in Gunsmith Cats

• Nazi soldiers in Hellsing

• Kochikame

• White Bell cultists in The Skull Man

• Street thug in Appleseed

• Sect members in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

• Kei Yuki in Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Outside Legend

Animation

• A Robber in The Incredibles

• Archer

MP38

The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military Before 1940. It was still used in small quantities in 1941 and 1942.

Film

• German soldier in The Lark (Zhavoronok) (1964)
• German soldiers in The Keep
• German NCOs in Enemy at the Gates
• German SS NCOs in The Grey Zone
• German soldier in Downfall (Der Untergang)
• Hijacker in Teheran 43 (1981)
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Professor Larsen and several gangsters in Copper Angel (Medny angel) (1984)
• Sergei Bodrov as Danila Bagrov in Brother 2 (Brat 2) (2000)
• Young saboteurs in Bastards (Svolochi) (2006)
• Some German soldiers and officers in The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) (2010)

Television

• German soldiers and Russian Border guards in The State Border: Film 5 (1986)
• Ukrainian Insurgents in The State Border: Film 6 (1987)

Video Games

• Silent Storm
• Fallout Tactics
• ÜberSoldier (as the "MP40")

MP41

The MP41. It was produced and used in small quantities in 1941 to 1942.

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.

Film

• German Soldier in Enemy at the Gates
• Mr. Bean's Holiday
• Hart's War

Video Games

• Silent Storm (Includes a silenced version)
• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Anime

• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade