{"id":5390,"date":"2016-02-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/04\/german-sten-copy-mp-3008-aka-gerat-neumunster\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:32:16","slug":"german-sten-copy-mp-3008-aka-gerat-neumunster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/04\/german-sten-copy-mp-3008-aka-gerat-neumunster\/","title":{"rendered":"German Sten Copy: MP 3008, aka Ger\u00e4t Neum\u00fcnster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0eDkGAAPA2E?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sold for $12,650.<\/p>\n<p>The MP 3008, aka Ger\u00e4t Neum\u00fcnster, was one of two German efforts to copy the British Sten gun. The first was the Ger\u00e4t Potsdam (&#8220;ger\u00e4t&#8221; meaning device or project; basically project code name), which was a direct copy of the Sten distinguishable only by a marking details and a few differences in manufacturing processes. While 10,000 of those were being manufactured by Mauser, R&#038;D engineer Ludwig Vorgrimmler was simplifying the Sten design even farther, resulting in the MP-3008.<\/p>\n<p>This simplified design did away with the Sten&#8217;s barrel shroud, and used a vertical magazine well instead of the Sten&#8217;s distinctive horizontal mounting. These were the significant changes, although there was also a sling loop placed on the front of the magazine well and a few minor simplifications to the fire control parts. Unlike the Potsdam, significant variation can be found in the MP-3008 in the details of stock and grip design.<\/p>\n<p>In a masterpiece of insane optimism, German official placed and order for literally a million MP-3008 submachine guns, which of course was completely insane. Manufacture was undertaken at a wide scattering of small shops, with guns being assembled by larger manufacturers from supplied parts. The total made is not known, but is probably in the range of 3000-5000. Some are marked with manufacturing codes from recognized factories, some with codes unknown, and some have no marking at all. This particular example is dewat made by &#8220;TJK&#8221; &#8211; an unknown factory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sold for $12,650. The MP 3008, aka Ger\u00e4t Neum\u00fcnster, was one of two German efforts to copy the British Sten gun. The first was the Ger\u00e4t Potsdam (&#8220;ger\u00e4t&#8221; meaning device or project; basically project code name), which was a direct copy of the Sten distinguishable only by a marking details and a few differences in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/04\/german-sten-copy-mp-3008-aka-gerat-neumunster\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">German Sten Copy: MP 3008, aka Ger\u00e4t Neum\u00fcnster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15423,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions\/15423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}