MP-34

The MP34 is a blowback-operated open bolt selective-fire submachine gun that weighs 9.9 lbs. fully loaded. The gun was chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum, 9x23mm Steyr, 9x25mm Mauser, 7.63x25mm, 7.65x21mm, and even .45 ACP cartridges. Most of the guns remaining today fire Georg Luger’s Parabellum round. This weapon was designed to get around the Treaty of Versailles that prevented Germany from acquiring and manufacturing certain weapons. The MP-34 went on to continue with certain special operations units into the late 1970’s because of it’s accuracy and reliability.