MP40

Summary

MP40 is a firearm model^[1]. MP40 ranks in the top 8% of firearm_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,282 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• MP40's instance of is recorded as firearm model^[3].
• MP40's manufacturer is recorded as Erma Werke^[4].
• MP40's manufacturer is recorded as Steyr Arms^[5].
• MP40's manufacturer is recorded as C. G. Haenel^[6].
• MP40 is a type of submachine gun^[7].
• MP40's designed by is recorded as Heinrich Vollmer^[8].
• MP40's designed by is recorded as Berthold Geipel^[9].
• MP40's Commons category is recorded as MP40^[10].
• MP40's country of origin is recorded as Nazi Germany^[11].
• 1938 marks the founding of MP40^[12].
• MP40 was part of the conflict World War II^[13].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Soviet invasion of Poland^[14].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Winter War^[15].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Korean War^[16].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Suez Crisis^[17].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Six-Day War^[18].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Falklands War^[19].
• MP40 was part of the conflict South African Border War^[20].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Somali Civil War^[21].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Afghan Conflict^[22].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Kosovo War^[23].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Cambodian Civil War^[24].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Cambodian–Vietnamese War^[25].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Portuguese Colonial War^[26].
• MP40 was part of the conflict Iran–Iraq War^[27].

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Designation and Status

MP40's instance of is recorded as firearm model^[3].

History and Context

1938 marks the founding of MP40^[12].

Why It Matters

MP40 ranks in the top 8% of firearm_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,282 views/month).^[2] MP40 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] MP40 is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]