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Originally Posted by LastSpartan
Yeah.
I like MP40 better :P
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Glad you do too - I always preferred the mp40 too - the MP40 was also truly innovative in its own sense. In fact, the mg42, the mp40 and the stg44 have all influenced post-war weapon design to a significant extent; however, the MP40 marked a turning point in term of innovation through its use of the folding stock (a first in the world of submachine gun), the introduction of steel stamping combined with electro-spot welding techniques instead of machine steel, the first use of a polymer (bakelite) in the construction. It was a revolutionary design that inspired both soviet and american - PPS-43 and M3 grease gun respectively during WW2 - and the AK-47s folding stock - post war