Theodor Bergmann

Theodor Bergmann (May 21, 1850 in Sailauf – March 23, 1931 in Gaggenau)[1] was a German businessman and industrialist best remembered for the various revolutionary firearms his companies released.

Armament was not Bergmann's primary focus, but the one he was most attracted to, which was the reason most of his pistols were manufactured under license once they were created.

It was used until World War II as the MG 15 machine gun In 1915, the German Rifle Testing Commission at Spandau decided to develop a new weapon for trench warfare.

The original intention had been to modify existing semi-automatic pistols, specifically the Luger and C96 Mauser.

However, the mechanisms of these pistols were not suited to the stresses of full automatic fire, let alone the dirt and debris of the typical battlefield.