Die Maschinenpistole 40 Beschreibung und Handhabung
Die Maschinenpistole 40 Beschreibung und Handhabung
The manual „Die Maschinenpistole 40 – Beschreibung und Handhabung“(Machine pistol 40 – description and maintenance) from Heinz Denckler Verlag was the most common „civilian“ manual. Heinz Denckler Verlag was a publisher that published many books and manuals about military training and weapons. Many reprints were published of this manual in a variety of colors. Pink, green and beige versions have been reported. No official print date is known but given that the military pamphlet the „Merkblatt für die behandlung der Machinepistolen zum verhindern von Hemmungen“ was included it is safe to assume that this manual and its reprints were published after November 15th 1941. The Merkblatt series of manuals were clearly used as textual basis for this Heinz Denckler manual. Most of the lines are slightly rewritten in a more understandable way. Some paragraphs have been omitted but in general it is the same. Contrary to the “Merkblatt” series the Heinz Denckler manual has only on page with pictures. The first picture shows a mp40 from the left side and the second picture shows a cross section picture of the MP40. These pictures are on the last page. Attached to the picture page is the order page. No differences between the reprints have been reported apart from the order list that expanded over time.