SMG 08/18 (Ess-em-gee 08/18)

Describe a prototype of a weapon in your world. Who is making it, and what does it do?

SMG 08/18

Introduced too late into the First World War to ever see service, the SMG 08/18 was Germany's last attempt at building a fully portable Maxim machine gun. Weighing a little more than ten kilograms, the SMG 08/18 was Germany's second submachine gun, coming into production after the MP-18. 

Several blueprints of this weapon were recovered from expeditions into Der Magazin: a place filled with the toxic waste of failed military tools. The SMG 08/18 was then pressed into production in 2298 before the start of the inevitable Großdeutschenkrieg.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The gun is fed from a multi-column en-bloc clip which held eight columns of ten 9mm Parabellum cartridges. The clip is inserted into the left side of the feeding box and pulled upwards into the chamber by a rack mechanism within the gun. When a column is emptied, the clip is pulled to the right, putting the second column in position. When all rounds are fired, the empty clip is pushed out through a slot on the right side of the feed box.

History

The design originated in the late German Empire in 1918 before becoming completely obscure into the coming centuries, only being unearthed in the late 2200's.

Significance

This weapon is not likely to change the scope of the war very much due to its unoriginal and uninspired design.

Item type

Weapon, Ranged

Creation Date

1918

Current Location

Großer Taktikschule

Subtype / Model

MG08/15

Manufacturer

Soldatenjunkers

Owning Organization

Heer

Rarity

The 08/18 is a rare weapon due to how little the amount of them produced before the Greater German War began in 2300.

Weight

10 kg.

Dimensions

30x5in.

Base Price

1000 RM