Haenel MP 28/II

Haenel MP28/II - 9x19mm

The Haenel MP28/II was designed by Hugo Schmeisser in 1924 and was secretly tested at Kummersdorf by Inspektion fur Waffen und Gerat in 1925. It an improved version of the Bergmann MP18 Submachine Gun. It incorporated the simple box magazine that Schmeisser preferred and a semi-auto and full auto fire control selector. Despite the external similarity, the internal structure of the MP28 is different from the MP18 (hence, apparently, the postscript "II"). The MP28/II was not manufactured by government arsenals because the Treaty of Versailles restricted German manufacture of these weapons, the C.G. Haenel firm of Suhl, Germany transferred production and sale to Pieper in Belgium.

The MP28/II was used by Germany, Belgium, Holland, and South America.

Specifications

(1928 - 1940)

• Type: Submachine Gun

• Calibers: 9x19mm Parabellum, 7.65 Luger, 7.63 Mauser, 9mm Mauser

• Weight: 9.1 lbs (4.1 kg)

• Length: 32 in (81.3 cm)

• Barrel length: 7.9 in (20.1 cm)

• Capacity: 20 or 32-round box magazines

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

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The Haenel MP 28/II and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
T-9 Submarine (Podvodnaya lodka T-9)		German soldiers		1943
The Last Hill (Malakhov kurgan)		A German soldier		1944
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice)		German ordners		1947
The Four Days of Naples		A German soldier		1962
Behold A Pale Horse		Guardia Civil		1964
The Cobra		Cobra's henchmen		1967
Westerplatte		German and Polish soldiers		1967
The Olsen Gang in a Fix		Danish police officers		1969
		Bavarian mobsters
Diamond Rush (Le Paria)	Jean Marais	Manu	Spanish copy	1969
		Toccelli's henchmen	Spanish copy
The Seventh Company Outdoors (La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune)		A German soldier		1977
The Big Red One		An Italian soldier		1980
The Keep	Wolf Kahler	SS Adjutant		1983
	Benedick Blythe	SS Einsatzkommando
	Doug Robinson	SS Einsatzkommando
	Stephen Jenn	SS Einsatzkommando
The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (Pasácek z doliny)	Wolf Kahler	SS Adjutant		1983
	Zdenek Dusek	The bearded
Biggles: Adventures in Time	Fiona Hutchison	Debbie		1986
	Alex Hyde-White	Jim Ferguson
		A German Officer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Kevork Malikyan	Kazim		1989
Ay, Carmela!		An Italian soldier	Spanish copy	1990
Sniper	Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr.	Jay Benson		1992
		Criminal
Shot in the Coffin (Vystrel v grobu)	Stepan Starchikov	Stepan Subbota		1992
	Spartak Mishulin	Bulkin
Schindler's List		German soldiers		1993
Torrente	Santiago Segura	Torrente		1998
	Javier Cámara	Rafi
Deathwatch	Jamie Bell	Pvt. Charlie Shakespeare	Standing in for a Bergmann MP18/I	2002
Senso '45		An Italian partisan		2002
New Kids Turbo	Wesley van Gaalen	Rikkert		2010
City 44		Polish insurgents		2014

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Hitler: The Rise of Evil		An SS assassin		2003
Red Mountains (Krasnye gory)		A German soldier		2013

Video Games

Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Date
BloodRayne	"Bergstein Mp28"			2002
Medal of Honor: European Assault	"MP28 SMG"		Only available in multiplayer	2005
Forgotten Hope 2	"Maschinenpistole 28"		Added in v2.6 (2022)	2007
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	"Trencher"		Added via update	2017
Call of Duty: WWII	"Waffe 28"			2017
Battlefield V	"MP28"			2018
Land of War: The Beginning	"Maschinenpistole 28"			2021
Enlisted		20 round mag		2021
		32 round mag

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Porco Rosso	Air Pirates		1992

See also

• Lanchester Mk.I, copy of the MP 28 used by the British Royal Navy in World War 2