So, firing at 500 r/m, the MP40 should have been quite controllable, especially when fired from the shoulder. (The)reduction of the dispersion of a hand-held weapon firing at high rpm was well documented during the studies made for the FAMAS development, when it was discovered that due to muscular response, the lowest dispersion would be achieved for a firing frequency lower than 10 Hz (600 rpm) or higher than 20 Hz (1200 rpm), the highest dispersion of a hand-held rifle would be achieved with a firing frequency between 14 Hz (840 rpm) and 18 Hz (1080 rpm). This is interesting in light of this bit from the Emeric Daniau document

On the other hand, the German soldiers would be reduced to hamburger, even if a Tiger tank was with them (and somehow, the partisans magically explode the tank to Kingdom Come by ripping the tankвЂ™s turret entry hatch open and lobbing tons of grenades into the tank).ДЄpropos of IanвЂ™s remark on the MP38/40 only having вЂњsafeвЂќ and вЂњfull-autoвЂќ capability, I looked up the rate of fire of both, which turns out to be about 500 rounds/min. It would be a complete mess with extra-bright tracer rounds flying everywhere, chewing up the surroundings without hurting any of the Allied-affiliated partisans. By B-movie logic, the setup for such an encounter would have occupying Heer and SS units all armed with MP40вЂ™s and MG42вЂ™s charging and spraying ineffectively towards partisans with Sten guns, Brens, and Thompsons. Not all action was вЂњbig battle between the Axis and the Allies.вЂќ German troops (and affiliated collaborators) faced off against partisans aplenty (especially in Eastern Europe), and such actions did not require every soldier or вЂњpolicemanвЂќ to get an MP40. What never appears in popular films about WWII is the bewildering array of SMGs in use, particularly by the SS in the earlier part of the war, and then also the systematic use of Italian-origin weapons by the end of the war.ДЄnd thus reality is thrown out the window because the studios tend to think вЂњawesome hero=LOTS OF VIEWER MONEY.вЂќ If only some films or games could focus on the more mundane areas of deployment. Tommy guns, German parachutists with 9mm вЂњTommy gunsвЂќ and I even think IвЂ™ve read of the Soviet Shpagin PPSh41 as a вЂњTommy GunвЂќвЂ¦ Also, there was a tendency early in the war in the UK to refer to all SMGs, or more accurately вЂњmachine carbinesвЂќ irrespective of type, as вЂњTommy GunsвЂќ after the Thompson SMG. Hugo SchmeisserвЂ™s last name appeared on some magazines, so the inaccurate moniker from allied soldiersвЂ“vs, say, the вЂњVollmerвЂќ or the вЂњERMAвЂ“Erfurter maschinenfabrikвЂќ is understandable. By the end of the war, however, the issue had risen a great deal to augment the firepower of ever smaller units of infantry, etc. True, the issue of MP38 and MP40s began with Fallschirmjaeger and motorized infantry units, NCOs etc.

Cyclic rate of fire mac 10 9mm