The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also...
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by the Czechoslovaks in the ZB vz. 26 machine gun, and also used in the StG 44. The second prototype had a revised gas chamber and the cocking handle was...
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(English: "curved barrel") is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44) rifle developed by Germany in World War II. The curved barrel included...
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Assault rifle (section Post-StG battle rifles)
World War II. The first assault rifle to see major usage was the German StG 44, a development of the earlier Mkb 42. While immediately after World War...
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The StG 45(M) (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 45, "Assault Rifle 45") sometimes referred to as the MP 45(M), was a prototype assault rifle developed by Mauser...
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troops. On entering service, the weapon was known as the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44). Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, U.S. forces briefly...
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Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) designed by Haenel, were predecessors of the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44) assault rifle. As early as 1918 the German Army began to study the feasibility...
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Gewehr 98). However, it was during the war that Germany also produced the StG 44, which is capable of controllable fully automatic fire from a 30-round magazine...
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employed the same 7.92×33mm Kurz intermediate cartridge as the earlier StG 44 assault rifle and also used the same detachable 30-round box magazine. The...
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research into a new MP-44. In April 1944 the new weapon received the designation of "Sturmgewehr 44" ("Assault Rifle 44"). The StG 44 was arguably Schmeisser's...
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