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BERGMANN MP18

The Bergmann MP18 was a German blowback operated sub-machine-gun designed by Schmeisser and developed during the course of the Great War and produced from 1916 to 1945. The Bergmann MP18 was the first practical sub-machine-gun. It takes a 9 mm Parabellum round from a 32-round snail drum magazine developed for the Luger pistol or a 20- or 32-round box magazine. It has a cyclic rate of 400 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 365 meters-per-second and an effective range of 200 meters. The Bergmann MP18 had a 200 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and a flip notch rear sight.
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