MP3008 Country Germany Type Submachine gun Introduction 1945 Specifications Weight 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) Length 760 mm (29.9 in) Barrel length 196 mm (7.7 in) Cartridge 9x19mm Parabellum Action Blowback, open bolt Rate of fire 450 round/min Muzzle velocity 365 m/s (1,198 ft/s) Feed system 32-round detachable box magazine

The 9 mm MP 3008 (Maschinenpistole 3008, literally \"machine pistol 3008\") was a Nazi German substitute standard submachine gun manufactured toward the end of World War II.

Also known as the \"Volksmaschinenpistole\" (people\'s submachine gun), the weapon was almost identical to the British Sten, except for its vertical magazine; some even featured additional pistol grips. Many other versions were direct copies of the original Sten, right down to its manufacturing stamps.

The MP 3008 was an emergency measure, designed at a time when Germany was at the point of collapse. Desperately short of money and raw materials, the Germans sought to produce a radically cheaper alternative to their standard submachine gun, the MP40.

The MP 3008 was a simple blowback design operating from an open bolt. It was crudely manufactured in small machine shops and variations were common. Typically, the magazine was bottom-mounted unlike the side-mounted Sten. Initially, all steel without handgrips, the wire buttstock was welded to the frame and was typically triangular, however the design changed as conditions inside Germany worsened and on final guns wooden stocks and other variations are found.