The Erma EMP 44

[Hans1906]

"Erma EMP 44"

Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_EMP_44

How do you guys feel about this quickly welded together German MP, was it an innovative design due to the emergency of the time, or more like a shot in the proverbial "oven"..?

There are also videos online, in which replicas of this "Volkssturm" weapon are fired...

Was there a copy (Original..?) in the WTS in Koblenz in the 1980s, or is my personal memory deceiving me..?


Hans

[Hans1906]

The "style/design" of the time is reminiscent of the weapons used by poachers; any halfway talented locksmith or village blacksmith could have made such an MP with the appropriate barrels in 9mm Parabellum caliber.

By no means a ridiculous topic, many young and old civilians and soldiers have been sent into recent battles with similar weapons before 1945...


Hans

[Hans1906]

https://de.topwar.ru/130281-pistolet-pu ... aniya.html

Posted without comment, but not the shooting attempts with this MP

It's frightening that more is known about the weapon on a Russian website than on all German websites, what could be the reason for this...?
You're welcome to ask yourself that, I'll leave the answers to you...


Hans