Gun Stories — Episode 8: The MP 40

You are watching the episode The MP 40 Americans who faced its fury in WWII, called it the Schmeisser, nicknamed after a man who had nothing to do with its design. But the machines pistol designated MP38 and MP40, perfectly matched Germany’s philosophy of all out-war. They soon proved themselves on battlefields across Europe, a terrifying weapon in the hands of an apparently unstoppable military machine.