Heinrich Vollmer

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Heinrich Vollmer was one of the most well-known weapon designers of Europe.

The chief designer Heinrich Vollmer working for Erma Werke in Erfurt used Bertold Geipel's MP36 itself an offspring of his own VPM 1930 and EMP to develop one of the most famous German submachine guns of the Second World War,MP38/MP40 wrongly known as Schmeisser MP.

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• Götz, Hans Dieter, German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols, 1871-1945, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1990. (OCLC 24416255)
• G. de Vries, B.J. Martens: The MP 38, 40, 40/1 and 41 Submachine gun, Propaganda Photos Series, Volume 2, Special Interest Publicaties BV, Arnhem, The Netherlands.First Edition 2001
• Smith, W.H.B, Small arms of the world : the basic manual of military small arms, Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, 1955. (OCLC 3773343)
• Günter Wollert; Reiner Lidschun; Wilfried Kopenhagen, Illustrierte Enzyklopädie der Schützenwaffen aus aller Welt : Schützenwaffen heute (1945-1985), Berlin : Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1988. (OCLC 19630248)
• CLINTON EZELL, EDWARD Small arms of the world,Eleventh Edition,Arms & Armour Press, London, 1977