WTK: What is this weapon?

[paragon man]

I took this photo of a multi barrel (german?) weapon in an ex soviet museum in Korsun Ukraine. What is it?

Also what is this mp38 built on to? It is a soviet partisan crossed with some other type weapon?

[GIZMO8Z]

Are you sure it's a weapon? It may be a carrier for mortar rounds or something...

[roger9344]

Looks like a multi-barrel launcher for something like flares. Too heavy to be a mortar round carrier, those things are heavy enough by themselves. If we had a better picture of the sign on the piece we might be able to get an idea of what at least the museum thinks it is.

I was not able to locate a weapon of this type in the Handbook on German Military Forces (US Army, 1945).

[Redgemak]

The answer is very simple, just read the russian text at the bottom ;o)

[roger9344]

That's what I had in mind, but the photos are not clear enough for me to do that. Need a closeup photo, well-focused, of the sign itself.

[davejb]

Im thinking its a multi launch system for some kind of rocket or flare projectile

[Adrian Stevenson]

The SMG is a completely new built weapon: not an MP38 convert, but clearly inspired by it. No doubt Partizan made.

Cheers, Ade.

[ph3s]

The SMG is a completely new built weapon: not an MP38 convert, but clearly inspired by it. No doubt Partizan made.

Cheers, Ade.

It is , Adrian you are right as always

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[lithgow]

The SMG looks somewhat like the Yugoslav M56-a 7.62 x 25mm version/adaptation of the MP40 design-looks like someone had the idea a little earlier though!