Originally Posted by
Iraqgunz
Templar,
I know Mikhail wants to deny that the MP43/44 had an impact on his design, but I have to ask myself how it's possible that the designs are so similar (out least in outward appearance).
To the best of my knowledge MP43's were airdropped to Wehrmacht troops in Russia before he actually began working on his actual design, is that not correct?
Actually, there were some Haenal MKb-42's airdropped into a German unit that had been encircled on the Eastern Front in very early '43. They fought their way through. Something like 9,000 or 10,000 of the MKb-42(H)'s were made before they switched over to the improved MP-43/MP-44/StG-44 series.
The MKb-42 fired from an open bolt. It was the only one of the series to have a bayonet lug.
I took this pic when I was at Aberdeen's museum a few years ago.
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