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The MP 3008 was a last ditch weapon made by Germany in 1945. Also known as the Volksmaschinenpistole (peoples’ machinepistol), this 9x19mm gun was a copy of the British Mk. 2 Sten with a few minor alterations, the most noticeable being the magazine being rotated to the bottom of the gun compared to the Sten’s side magazine.
About 10,000 of these simple guns were built to arm the last ditch German defenses in WW2.
"Take this homemade pipe gun and defend Berlin."
Can you imagine?
Excuse me but it’s a factory made pipe gun. Anyway, the Red Army is over there.
The crazy thing is it wasn't just Berlin. There were several factories making guns while their city was actively being attacked, in multiple countries in that one war.
Here's Ian's video on the PPS-42 made in actively besieged Leningrad.
Them meth cheekbones
It's all the chocolate he's been eating
Maybe, but the Nazis did invent a way to make methamphetamine. It was touted as a way to keep soldiers alert of the battlefield.
He was referring to the "Panzerschokolade" which would literally translate to tank chocolate and was an euphemism the soldiers gave to the meth pills.
What did they employ in the other ditches?
Shovels
Goes nicely with a couple of Volkshandgrante