The MP58 was a West German prototype submachine gun designed by ERMA Werke. After the Bundeswehr's rejection of the MP57, Erma received funding and assistance from the Federal …

The final development at Erma is known as the EMP 36. This can be considered an intermediate model between the EMP and the MP38. Although many details of the mechanism were …

The Erfurter Maschinenfabrik (ERMA) was a German weapons manufacturer founded in 1922 by Berthold Geipel. Prior to and during World War II it manufactured many firearms, including the …

Erma adopted practically unchanged the VMP 1930 and started to market with two barrel lengths (200 and 320 mm). Erma later reintroduced the perforated heat shield around the barrel, but …

ERMA is best known for production of German small arms during the Second World War, including the MP 40 submachine gun, the Mauser K98 rifle, and the ERMA EMP. Volume 3 …

Jan 29, 2020 · It is estimated that between 1940 and 1945 Erma Werkes manufactured more than one million MP-40s for the German war effort. In February of 1945 Erma’s association with the …

The SMART, also known as the Erma-Panzer MP58, was a German grenade launching submachine gun designed by ERMA Werke. The SMART was conceived as a two-in-one …

Oct 6, 2019 · Under his direction, Erma developed a string of prototypes: the SMART, the MP58, and the MP59. However, whenever they finished developing a prototype built to the …

This article is about the Erma submachine gun, not to be confused with the Bergmann MP-35 or the Austrian MP34. The German sub-machine gun EMP (Erma Maschinenpistole) also known …

The Erma was a development of a Vollmer design of the mid-1920s, which featured a main spring enclosed in a telescopic tube to keep out dirt and other matter that might otherwise have …