I just checked as well. Of my 32,000 kills , 12,000 are with the mp40 second is bouncing betty's with 1900 kills. I guess this should confirm the mp40's power. Whenever I use a gun other than the mp40 and start getting more deaths than kills, is when I switch it over to the mp40 to catch up. It's a good gun. The best thing to do is start off with a different gun and pick up an mp40 as you know one will be on the ground somewhere close by because everyone uses em.