MP35

MP35

Infobox Weapon
name=Maschinenpistole 35 (MP35)
caption=MP35
origin=flagcountry|Nazi Germany
type=Submachine gun
is_ranged=yes
service=1935-1945
used_by=Nazi Germany
wars=World War II
designer=Emil Bergmann
manufacturer=Bergmann
design_date=1932
production_date=1935 to 1944
variants=BMP32, Bergmann MP34
weight= Unloaded kg to lb| 4.24|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
length=mm to in| 840|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
part_length=mm to in| 200|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
rifling=6 right-hand grooves
cartridge=9x19mm Luger Parabellum
action= open bolt blowback
rate=~540 round/min
range=150 - 200 m (490-650 ft : 160-220 yds)
velocity= ~convert| 365|m/s|0|lk=on|sp=us|abbr=on
feed=24 or 32 round detachable box magazine
sights=Front post, notched adjustable rear

The MP35 ("Maschinenpistole 35", literally "Machine Pistol 35") was a submachine gun (SMG) used by the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and German police both before and during World War II. It was developed in the early 1930s by Emil Bergmann (son of Theodor Bergmann) and manufactured at the Bergmann company in Suhl (that also built the first submachine gun, the MP18).

History

The forerunner of the MP35 was the MP32 that Danish company Schultz & Larsen produced (under licence from the Bergmann company) and which was chambered for 9x23mm Bergmann ammunition. The BMP32 design was later updated by the Bergmann factory and in 1934, the Bergmann MP34 submachine gun appeared (not to be confused with different Stery MP34). The limited manufacturing capabilities at the Bergmann plant required production to be shifted to Carl Walther's "Zella-Mehlis" plant. This German company produced some 2,000 BMP34s for export and domestic sales.

Several variants of the BMP34 was manufactured with a 200mm standard or 320mm barrel. During 1935, a simplified version of the BMP34 designated as Bergmann MP35/I. Initial production orders for MP35 also were placed at Walther, which made about 5,000 SMGs between 1936 and 1940.

With the outbreak of World War II, production once again shifted from Walter to Junker & Ruh (manufacture code 'ajf') to manufacture the MP35 weapon (which it did through to 1944). During the war, about 40,000 Bergmann submachine guns were produced by Junker, and almost all were supplied to the Waffen-SS

Operation

The MP35 was a blowback operated, selective fire SMG which fired from an open bolt. The weapon featured a non-reciprocating cocking handle placed at the rear of the receiver, which was operated in a similar fashion to bolt-action on a Mauser rifle. This involved the weapon carrier to manually pull the handle up, pull backwards, push forwards and lock back down. When the gun was then fired the cocking handle remained stationary.

On the BMP32 the weapon featured a safety at the rear of the bolt (again in a similar location to the Mauser rifle). On both BMP34 and MP35 the safety was relocated to the left side of the receiver. The shooter could select the mode of firing by applying different pressure to the trigger - a short pull fired single shots; a long pull resulted in full automatic fire. Feed was from right side of the gun, with ejection to the left.

In contrast to many other SMGs of the time the MP35's magazine was inserted from the right-hand side of the weapon. Early versions used proprietary magazines, the BMP35 used Schmeisser MP28-compatible magazines. The barrel was enclosed into tubular jacket with cooling slots and muzzle brake/compensator at the front.

ervice

It was first known as the MP32 when adopted as such by the Danish Army in caliber 9x23mm Bergmann then as the MP34 (this not the same as the MP34 made by Steyr) when it was adopted by the Belgian Army as the Mitraillette 34. It was adopted officially as MP35 by the Wehrmacht. It saw action predominantly with SS troops.

The MP35 was exported to Bolivia, Ethiopia, Spain and Sweden (where it was designated the number M39).


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