From the Vault: German Submachineguns of WWI & WWII 

It's amazing to see the progression and eventual regression of these designs. The Germans definitely made some of the most iconic weapons of the 20th century. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes them so aesthetically pleasing but they tend to all have it.

Gentlemen.......... Thank you for a wonderful review of the evolution of the German MP technology and production history. Seeing these all lined up in one video and learning the progression of the technology is DELIGHTFUL and so very educational for those of us who are "students" of military arms. MOST APPRECIATED!!!

Another outstanding “From The Vault” video. I love this series and look forward to each new video.

Thanks! Great review!

That's awesome & looking at all the guns in the back, it makes me want to travel & visit RIA

Nice collection

Great! Wow

Thank you, they are wonderful firearms and historical artifacts, and I truly appreciate the education this RU-vid provided. I am compelled, however, to offer a bit of an contrarian viewpoint (based in a career in the Armed Forces, a second career as a defense executive, and especially a year in residence at the senior war college (The Eisenhower School/Industrial College of the Armed Forces) that concentrates on matters including national resource management, industrial logistics, wartime mobilization, large scale armaments production, concomitant financing, and so forth. “Rolls Royce” weapons systems have their place (consider, for example, the Manhattan Project), but if a nation desperately needs to migrate very quickly from a minuscule peacetime military to a fully mobilized population, then speed, cost, production by workers who are not “Swiss watchmakers,” volume, and much more are absolutely crucial. The design, machining, and quality of most of those German submachine guns was outstanding, but how many man hours were invested in each firearm, how much capital was required, could workers with less than a year’s experience manufacture their major components, and - most important of all - what was their opportunity cost . . . what else might Germany have designed and produced with the manpower, the funding, the artisanship, etc. that was invested in those small arms? The M1 Carbine (and its M2 cousin) is an excellent example of this key point. It wasn’t “Rolls Royce” level design or fabrication, but it was very inexpensive, interchangeably produced in huge numbers by several decent manufacturers, quite reliable, durable and accurate to about 270 meters, fired a fairly potent round, was light weight (including its ammunition), and was far more “user friendly” for support troops - usually outnumbering (by about 10x) the front line infantry warfighters - than would have been either the Garand or the 1911A1. Similarly, the M3A1 “Grease Gun” was ugly, largely fabricated from steel stamping not from precision machined parts, had limited range and accuracy, and was not remotely as high quality as (even wartime) Thompsons. But it was effective, fired the .45 ACP round, was low cost, could be produced and assembled by near-unskilled labor, and probably required only a very small fraction of the cost and the manufacturing man-hours of the German submachine guns. In sum, the German high command made a poor and costly decision by emphasizing “Rolls Royce” small arms, one which adversely impacted their aggregate war-fighting potential.

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Any idea on what wwii mp34 is worth with no firng pin. In good shape. Captured from Germans Thks..jc

I would like to see a Walther p5

Great video fellas. Thanks for taking the time to produce great content. May the Lord bless you, John 3:14-19.

This erma emp should have the "second trigger" inside the back trigger guard

Any Mausers in there that are rare and unusual?

I agree about MP 3008 . When people test Sten SMG they said that is okay ! All Sten are ergonomics garbage ( except Sten mk V which is slightly improved ) . Soviet's in encirklment Leningrad make PPS 42 and PPS 43 from junk and make it much superior compared to Sten SMG of all marks ! PPS 43 is comparable to M3a1 'Grease gun' ! So MP 3008 at least have vertical grip and no problem where to grip gun with front hand !

Mp-28 sub machine gun has likes video game weapon

aren't these just copies of the Russian PPSh-41 or is it the other way around?

German prodected is nomber one

Both experts r too much uninique..