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Originally Posted by Herr Oberst
The Schmeisser thing stuck because GIs used to call it that, even though Hugo Schmeisser wasn't the designer, but rather Erma.
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Yes - I find myself constantly correcting friends on that one. Schmeisser was actually responsible for a much earlier design, the Bergmann MP-18. (The British later copied it as the Lanchester.) The Ermawerke MP-38 should more correctly be called the Vollmer - although German nomenclature didn't follow this trend of naming firearms after their designers.
Cheers,
Cliff.