MP 44 markings

[bonteront2]

Hi all:
I just acquired a beauty MP 44 with various markings. Can you help me out on what the following stamps mean/refer to:
-'aqr'
-WAA 623 and 'bnz' over a '4' in a shield shape
-'4244 G/45' (serial number and date??)
- 'CHN', 'qlv', 'WAA 280' (on magazine)
-'jvd'
-'swj'
Do the Waffenamt stamps with different numbers all represent a different
company/parts manufacturer?
Also, is there such a thing as an SS-made MP 44 (in a concentration camp perhaps??) or were they all manufactured by German arms companies and
distributed to the SS, Wehrmacht, etc.?
Thanks for your help.
-Ernst.

[P08]

First I'm no expert, second I'm at work so I have to rely on my memory (bad)


No SS STG's as far as I know. They did make some K98's though.

WaA623 and BNZ are Steyr in Austria.
jvd (Nord)Böhmische Metallwerke (they made P38 magazines among other things)

The rest I can say right now.

[kiwicollector]

-'aqr' Metallwaren- u Maschinenfabrik Lux, R & O, Liebenstein, Thuringia
-WAA 623 and 'bnz' over a '4' in a shield shape Steyr factory markings (on the barrel?)
-'4244 G/45' (serial number and date??) Correct
- 'CHN',
- 'qlv' Waffenfabrik Erma-Werke, Erfurt, Thuringia
-'jvd' Erst nordbohmische Metallwarenfabrik Adolf Rossler, Niedereinsiedel, Sudetenland
-'swj' Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria

MP-43/44/StG44's were assembled at the following plants:
Haenel (fxo) ~185,000 rifles
Sauer & Sohn (ce) ~55,000 rifles
Erma (ayf, qlv) ~104,000 rifles
Steyr (bnz, swj) ~80,000 rifles

The design of the MP-44 was entirely a Army project and did not involve the SS (although there is a suggestion that Himmler was partially responsible for Hitlers acceptance of the rifle). However that is not to say that SS supplied slave labour was not used at any stage of production.

However there where no concentration camp factories for the MP-44 like there was for the G43/k43.

Distribution of these rifles was organised by the army and no preference was given to the Waffen SS. They were distributed to the Army Groups which then distributed them to the units under their command.

[P08]

kiwi

Where did they make K43's with slave workers? Which plant delivered the parts for assembly? I never knew they did so with K43's?

The question is always there: Is the build quality worse on such weapons? Just curious.

[bonteront2]

MP 44 Markings

Thanks VERY much for the prompt response.

-'aqr' Metallwaren- u Maschinenfabrik Lux, R & O, Liebenstein, Thuringia
-WAA 623 and 'bnz' over a '4' in a shield shape Steyr factory markings (on the barrel?)
-'4244 G/45' (serial number and date??) Correct
- 'CHN',
- 'qlv' Waffenfabrik Erma-Werke, Erfurt, Thuringia
-'jvd' Erst nordbohmische Metallwarenfabrik Adolf Rossler, Niedereinsiedel, Sudetenland
-'swj' Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria

MP-43/44/StG44's were assembled at the following plants:
Haenel (fxo) ~185,000 rifles
Sauer & Sohn (ce) ~55,000 rifles
Erma (ayf, qlv) ~104,000 rifles
Steyr (bnz, swj) ~80,000 rifles

The design of the MP-44 was entirely a Army project and did not involve the SS (although there is a suggestion that Himmler was partially responsible for Hitlers acceptance of the rifle). However that is not to say that SS supplied slave labour was not used at any stage of production.

However there where no concentration camp factories for the MP-44 like there was for the G43/k43.

Distribution of these rifles was organised by the army and no preference was given to the Waffen SS. They were distributed to the Army Groups which then distributed them to the units under their command.