Posted on 02/22/2018 6:00:37 AM PST by C19fan
While the most famous product of Carl Walther GmbH in fiction is the PPK pistol used by James Bond, Walther actually made a line of submachine guns that were the weapon of choice of real covert operatives during the Cold War.
The Walther Maschinenpistole (MP) line — in either the MP Lang (MPL) or MP Kurz (MPK) format — was used by numerous police agencies, special forces units, and counter-terror teams during the Cold War, due to its compact yet controllable design, accuracy and light weight. But what made the Walther MP the best of its time? Why did later SMGs like the H&K MP5 replace it?
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That gum must be tough on the teeth.
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Interesting picture. WG MP wear tennis shoes ?
I chewed Cold War Commando Gum as a kid. Each wrapper had a different model submachine gun on it.
;^)
The German gum tasted like sauerkraut...
Must be. They’re all matching powder blue Adidas shoes. It also looks like they’re wearing blue jeans under the OD fatigues.
Love the shoes...
Possibly a Beastie Boys video..
Its not gum its gub.
I love that video - the cheesy 70’s police detective genre.
I’m in before the 2nd page!
My gum tastes like a sub machine gun, mmmmm
Looks like an improved MP40.
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