From: micdunn (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 04:06:38 PDT
Sorry in advance List, but the below story about the Schmeisser reminded me
of a story that a German told me many years ago....
The bra was actually invented by two people almost simultaneously. The
Frenchman managed to get his patented first. His name? Henri Brassiere,
hence 'The Bra'.
The German who was slow to the patent office? Otto Titzling.
It's true!
-Sarge
obligatory MV content - I also thought that the MP38/40 were called
Schmeisser's.
> That is because the Germans don't like making mistakes. Calling it a
> Schmeisser is just that, a mistake :-)
>
> Hugo Schmeisser was one of the founding fathers of modern automatic
> firearms. But he did not design the MP38/40 submachinegun. And thanks
> to his ego, did absolutely nothing to try and correct the record. The
> real designer was another titan of small arms development, Heinrich
> Vollmer. Allied intelligence apparently got it wrong (like so many other
> things), and the name found its way to being forever incorrectly
> associated with it as most WWII gun nuts will quickly point out (as I
> just did) :-)
>
> Steve
>
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