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MP 3008
The 9×19mm MP 3008 ("Maschinenpistole 3008" or "machine pistol 3008", also Volks-MP.3008 and Gerät Neumünster) was a German substitute standard submachine gun manufactured toward the end of World War II in early 1945.
Also known as the "Volksmaschinenpistole" ("people's machine pistol"), the weapon was closely based on the Sten Mk II submachine gun, except for its vertical magazine; some had additional pistol grips.
The MP 3008 was an emergency measure, designed at
entry into the global conflict and the accompanying need for auxiliary ships, SS "Rudolph Blumberg" was seized there by the U.S. Collector of the Port of Pensacola on 6 April 1917. Taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, to be fitted out for naval service, the ship was renamed "Beaufort", given the identification number (Id. No.) 3008, and commissioned on 20 September 1917, Lt. Comdr. William M. Gifford, USNRF, in command.
World War I North Atlantic operations.
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