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Subametralladora Modelo 1929

The Modelo 1929 (sometimes refered to as the Naranjero) is a Spanish copy of the Bergmann MP28,II. The design is almost identical using a blowback action and feeding from a box magazine. Unlike the MP28,II, the Modelo 1929 was chambered in the 9x23mm Bergmann-Bayard (Largo) round - Spain’s chosen pistol cartridge.

Another significant difference to the original submachine gun was the Modelo 1929′s use of a cast brass magazine housing. The magazine housing was a complex piece to machine and casting proved simpler. This was something the British also did to speed up production of the Lanchester machine carbine. The Modelo 1929 fed from a 32-round box magazine which was not interchangeable with those used by the MP28,II.

The Modelo 1929 was one of Spain’s first submachine guns and as many as perhaps 5,000 were made, no doubt seeing service during the Spanish Civil War.

Sources:

The Schmeisser Myth - German Submachine Guns Through Two World Wars, M. Helebrant (2016)

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