Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An tsara shi a cikin 1938 ta Heinrich Vollmer tare da wahayi daga magabata MP 38, an yi amfani da shi sosai ta hanyar 'yan bindiga (musamman shugabannin rukuni da rukuni), da kuma' yan fashi, a Gabas da Gabas.
Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Turai Abubuwan da suka ci gaba da zamani sun sa ya zama abin so tsakanin sojoji kuma ya shahara a ƙasashe daga sassa daban-daban na duniya bayan yaƙin. An sau da yawa ake kira "Schmeisser" da Allies, bayan Hugo Schmeisser, wanda ya tsara MP 18, ko da yake ya ba da hannu a cikin zane ko samar da MP40. Sauran nau'ikan makamin sun hada da MP 40/I da MP 41. Daga 1940 zuwa 1945, kimanin miliyan 1.1 ne Erma Werke ya samar.