Dans son texte , david ( lehmann )precise meme quelques informations :
2) SMGs AVAILABILITY :
ALL the SMGs used by the French Army in 1940 :
French origin
PM MAS 38 : 1958
PM STA mle 1924 : 1200
PM Petter mle 1939 : 50
PM ETVS : 50
Foreign origin
MP 28 : 1000
MP 34 : 200
EMP : 3250
Steyr : about 50
Suomi M/31 : 150
Thompson 1921/1928 : 3000
The MAS38 had been developed but not really put into production in time for the 1940 campaign. It was thus rare, with only individual weapons seeing service rather than systematic issue to particular unit types. Used by Germans under the name MP 722(f).
The EMP is the most common SMG used by the French Army in 1939-40. They actually were seized from Spanish Republican troops at the end of the Spanish Civil War. 3250 MPE were counted but due to lack of magazines only about 1000-1500 were issued. The most common place to find this weapon was with the Corps Francs.
Most of the 3,000 delivered Thompson Mle1921 SMGs remained surprisingly in armories or were only tested in Morocco during 1940. They were only issued occasional in May/June 1940 or delivered to military police units (Gendarmes that fought on the Loire River for example). The Thompson SMGs were for example also used by the Laffly W15T CC tank destroyer crews (126 SMGs issued to the 14 slef-propelled anti-tank batteries) and apparently by several AA units. They were more largely distributed the Vichy French troops in 1941.