Manufactured in the dying days of the Third Reich, the MP3008 was part of the "Volks" series of weapons, a selection of small arms developed for maximum speed and cost efficiency in manufacture. Aside from the magazine well being positioned vertically like the MP38 and MP40, the MP3008 is effectively a down and dirty clone of the British STEN gun, right down to the push button selector switch on the frame. This was a very sensible choice, as the STEN gun was the gold standard for a down and dirty, fighting man's sub-machine gun, devoid of bells and whistles and designed with an eye for speed. Fixed triangle front sight, a peep rear sight, sling mounts on the magazine well and stock, squared trigger guard and a folded steel buttstock. Aside from the selector markings, "rne 45" on the rear of the frame, and some faint removed markings on the left forward side of the tube, this area is unmarked, devoid of the traditional Nazi proofs. The magazine is marked for the MP38 and 40, with "kur 42" marked on the rear.