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Description: | MP 40 submachine gun. Made of steel with composite pistol grip. The gun is fitted with a detachable box magazine (missing) which takes 32 rounds of ammunition. Blowback, fully automatic only. The barrel is fitted with a hooded barley corn foresight and a notched flip-over leaf rear-sight. The calibre is 9mm Parabellum. Stamped on the gun is the serial number '4244' as well as 'bnz 42' and an eagle over a swastika.
This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1988. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorized museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham or handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: MP 40 Submachine Gun | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | submachine guns Second World War Steyr-Daimler-Puch German Navy | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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