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This article is about the Erma submachine gun not to be confused with the Bergmann MP-35 or the Austrian MP34. The German sub-machine gun EMP (Erma Maschinenpistole) also known as MPE (Maschinenpistole Erma) was produced by Erma factory was based on designs acquired from Heinrich Vollmer. The gun was produced from 1931 to 1938 in roughly 10000 exemplars (in three main variants) and exported to Spain Mexico China and Yugoslavia but also used domestically by the SS.