Germans on raft this came from a group of photos from russia so im assuming this was taken somewhere in russia nonthing written on back of photo unkown year taken

Germans on raft

The enemy must be close

With the evolution of the MP 40 from the MP 38, the start of mass production of sub- machine guns was born.  Plastic replaced wood and simple die-cast and sheet-stamping production was followed by basic finishing.  It was produced in great numbers using local sub-assemblies and central workshops.