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Weapon Details: Sub machine gun 41/44   (Created: 23.01.2014, Changed: 23.02.2020)

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Weapon Details (Top):

Weapon: Sub machine gun 41/44 Manufacturer: Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F) Calibre: 9mm Para First Issued: 1941 Overall Length: 760 mm Weight (unloaded): 5200 g Barrel Length: 270 mm Grooves: 6 Rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute Magazine Capacity: 40 Rounds Permission required:

Description:

In 1940, it was recognized that the Swiss Army did not have enough automatic weapons (or submachine guns) to be able to react appropriately in the event of a German attack.   An invitation to tender was launched, in which SIG and the Waffenfabrik Bern participated. Although the SIG model was actually convincing, the complex and expensive weapon of the Waffenfabrik Bern was selected and introduced as submachine gun 41.   The design of the Waffenfabrik Bern was based on the by Adolf Furrer, so the MP41 turned out to be a scaled-down version of it. As it turned out, the MP41 or Sub machine gun 41/44 was the most expensive and most complicated submachine gun ever produced in large series.   Due to manufacturing problems, the experimental models (100 pieces) could only be delivered in April 1942. Between the end of 1941 and June 1944 about 5'200 MP41 were produced. Instead of the originally planned 600 MP's per month, only about 60 to 70 pieces could be delivered per month. The weapons proved to be cumbersome and susceptible to dirt, but also precise. The problems that arose in the field led to various improvements, which were implemented in the Sub machine gun 41/44. Almost all of the MP 41s already produced were also upgraded to the Sub machine gun 41/44. From June 1944 until the end of 1945 about 4'500 more Sub machine gun 41/44 were produced.   The MP41/44 differs from the MP41 in the following points: - Lateral protective cover firmly welded (three points) - The loading lever has a cam to secure it - The extractor axle has been reinforced   At a later date, the relatively brittle bakelite shafts were replaced by wooden versions. Also the front grip was no longer wrapped with string.   The Sub machine gun 41/44 is shooting from open bolt, where the toggle action bolt is open when the shot is fired, and when the trigger is pulled, the bolt rushes forward, feeds a cartridge, fires it and then slides back to the open position.   The safety lever has three positions: S = Safe M = Mitraillieren (automatic fire) F = Fire (single fire)   Two-row 40-shot bar magazines were used, which were inserted into the gun from the right side. The magazines were in cartridge bags, which were strangely made of sheet metal. The ammunition pouches consisted of two sheet metal containers, each of which held three magazines. So each shooter had six magazines of 40 rounds each on man, additionally one magazine was inserted into the gun, which corresponded to an ammunition capacity of 280 rounds. The magazines were loaded with a magazine loading tool.   The Sub machine gun 41/44 with 5.2kg was very heavy and unwieldy.   With the introduction of the Submachine gun 43/44 the Sub machine gun 41/44 was used in fortifications and by secondary troops, where weight and the risk of contamination did not play a major role.   The Sub machine gun 41/44 remained in service with the army until the 1960s. Many pieces were scrapped in the early 1970s (according to certain sources 9'100 pieces were scrapped).

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Ammunition (Top):

Pistolenpatrone 41 Manipulier
9mm Parabellum (Luger), kommerziell
Pistolenpatrone 41 (9mm Pist Pat 41)
Pistolenpatrone 41 Versuch
Pistolen-Markierpatrone 77
Pistolenpatrone 14 (9mm Pist Pat 14)
 
 

Attachements (Top):

Reglement: Die Maschinenpistolen, Ausgabe 1943 (PDF, 2.5 MB, Source: Scan by swisswaffen.com)
Reglement: Die Maschinenpistolen, Ausgabe 1955, Nachdruck 1972 (PDF, 5.6 MB, Source: Scan by swisswaffen.com)
 
 

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Full size (837 KB) GER: Sub machine gun 41/44 mit orginal Bakelitschaft.	Full size (989 KB) Sub machine gun 41/44

 

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Full size (1.1 MB) GER: Magazinladehilfe zu MP 41/44.	Full size (978 KB) GER: Magazinladehilfe zu MP 41/44.
GER: Sub machine gun 41/44, Schnittmodell mit der Waffennummer 1
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