{"id":65666,"date":"2021-08-29T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65666"},"modified":"2021-08-28T10:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:30:36","slug":"mp-28-hugo-schmeisser-improves-the-mp18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/29\/mp-28-hugo-schmeisser-improves-the-mp18\/","title":{"rendered":"MP-28: Hugo Schmeisser Improves the MP18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xVBEvmFoSzM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 22 Aug 2017<\/p>\n<p>The MP28,II was Hugo Schmeisser&#8217;s improved take on the original World War One MP18,I design. It used a simple box magazine in place of the Luger drum magazines, and this magazine would form the basis for a long series of military SMG magazines. It was a double-stack, single feed design because Schmeisser thought this would prevent some malfunctions that were possible with double-feed magazines (and because Mauser probably had a patent on the double feed box magazine at the time). This magazine would be used in conversions of MP18 guns, and would also be the model for the MP-38\/40 and subsequent British Sten gun magazines.<\/p>\n<p>The MP28 also introduced a semiautomatic selector switch, where the MP18 had been a fully automatic-only design. It is the presence of this selector button over the trigger, along with a tangent sight instead of a simple flip-up notch that can be used to distinguish between an updated MP18 and an MP28.<\/p>\n<p>While the MP28 was not formally adopted by the German military, it was used by police and SS units, as well as being adopted or copied by a wide selection of other nations, including Portugal, Spain, China, Japan, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0dxNGIxZVRvYUpuTW9UNUlYVmJXOUxIQktMZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttdjBKUDhTNmhhU2JEWUs3aGRGenVsZUdIcm5BN3B1dlVnVFFFcW9jbm1vOEJtSWNEUmFVQmFUYzB2dnNaU2hwNFhwRVBEMHNHYTRsUnVfWnJYdVpiNVNQRXVvWlpKb0l3Nnp2U2N3S3JfbUc1WjJwZw&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a>\u200b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-29-at-10-29-43-MP-28-Hugo-Schmeisser-Improves-the-MP18-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 22 Aug 2017 The MP28,II was Hugo Schmeisser&#8217;s improved take on the original World War One MP18,I design. 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