Videos tagged with MP-38

This compilation compares the MP-38 and PPS-43 submachine guns, showcasing their loading procedures, stock deployment mechanisms, and live-fire performance. The MP-38 utilizes 9mm Parabellum, while the PPS-43 fires 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Both exhibit distinct characteristics in handling and operation, highlighting their respective historical contexts and design philosophies.

This video compares four iconic World War II submachine guns: the German MP-38, Soviet PPSh-41, Italian MAB-38, and Soviet PPS-43. It demonstrates loading and firing each, highlighting their distinct features like magazine types, stock designs, and construction materials. Technical specifications for caliber, capacity, barrel length, and weight are provided for each model.

This video showcases the MP-38 submachine gun, demonstrating its preparation and live-fire capabilities. The shooter, in full tactical gear, fires controlled bursts, highlighting the weapon's manageable recoil and rate of fire. Key technical specifications like its 9x19mm Parabellum caliber and 32-round capacity are implicitly shown.

This review details the iconic MP-40 submachine gun, tracing its evolution from the MP-38 for mass production efficiency using stamped metal and Bakelite. It highlights the MP-40's external features like its folding stock and Bakelite barrel protector, its 32-round magazine capacity, and its open-bolt blowback action. The video also covers its NFA-restricted market value in the US, a specific 'vet bring-back' provenance, and a comparative analysis of its recoil and accuracy against other WWII SMGs, noting its excellent controllability at close range.

This video showcases the rare MP-38 submachine gun paired with a Hub L41 silencer from 1941. It highlights the use of Fiocchi 158 gr Subsonic 9mm Luger ammunition for effective suppression. The demonstration includes attaching the silencer and firing the suppressed weapon at a steel target on an outdoor range, emphasizing historical firearm handling and proper safety.

This review of the MP-38 submachine gun covers its historical context and practical demonstration. It highlights the loading of its 32-round 9x19mm Parabellum magazine and the operation of its under-folding metal stock. The video includes live-fire footage of the MP-38 in full-auto.

The BD-38 is a new semi-automatic, closed-bolt reproduction of the German MP-38 submachine gun, manufactured in the US by DK Productions. It features authentic markings and milled receiver details, differentiating it from the stamped MP-40. While sold as a pistol, it can be converted to an SBR. The firearm is compatible with MP-40 magazines and offers modern safety features, though it comes at a high price point of around $4,000.

The Austen Mk I, an Australian submachine gun developed during WWII, was an attempt to 'improve' the British Sten design by incorporating features from the German MP-38. Despite its die-cast construction and integrated tools, it proved less reliable, more complex, and more expensive than the Sten or the superior Owen gun. Approximately 19,914 Mk I units were produced before its withdrawal from combat.

The Sport Systeme Dittrich BD-38 is a high-quality, expensive semi-automatic reproduction of the German MP-38, manufactured in Germany. While visually accurate with a milled receiver, its open-bolt design makes it illegal in the US. Range testing revealed potential reliability issues, possibly magazine-related, though it replicates the feel of the original.