StG44 Krummlauf Barrel, the original corner shot.

[LieutenantIrsric]

Wow. Germans really did make everything.. I need to buy an StG 44 soon.

[12togo34]

witch military channel episode is this calleD?

[Pasdaran1]

iran build his own corner shot israel says " look the muzlims copy from us"

but the fucking zionists copy it from the nazis like the iranians too

FUCK ISRAEL

[lokalllize]

you have to wander why did germany lose the war 

[MrThomPS3]

@lokalllize That is really simple.

Though the Germans without a doubt had weapons that were lightyears ahead of it's time, they couldn't produce them in great numbers, their Karabiner98K stayed their main weapon.

[TehChocco]

@MrThomPS3 The G3 was months away from starting production when the war ended, just o give an idea of how advanced germany really was.

[MrThomPS3]

@TehChocco Was it?

The MG45 on which the delayed blowback mechanism was based was about the produced near the end afaik, but the G3 itself?

[bubaleite]

Scary german weapons...

Those guys are trully masters in the art of create killing devices.

[BuecherFuerAlle]

the nazis had shit ideas about politics, but i give them credit for bein creative when it comes to their weaponry.

[tonidmc]

That people was incredible, amazing thing

[josephlwu1]

thanks for posting!! i could never understand how the bullet could curve. i thought it would penetrate the curve part.

[DaManzMoney]

@josephlwu1 They made these after Kursk when the Elephant tank came out and there was no gun on it so they used these to shoot out of the tank turret

[DonMeaker]

@DaManzMoney AT Kursk the soldiers in the Elefant tried to shoot down the gun muzzle. Turretless, it couldn't traverse well. With a broken track, it couldn't attack or defend.

by contrast, patton asserted multiple times that every tank needed at least 2 machine guns.

[BallKicka007]

that fucker mustve been heavy

[Shrantic]

That.

Is.

SILLY.

xD

[Daniel4646]

So they did. But the Americans didn't have a curved barrel device until they had seen the German design, and realizing how useful the design could be, they adopted it for their own tank crews during the Korean War.

[gibbzyoicu812]

@Daniel4646 yep a super useful design, hence why it is used around the world now-days... oh wait

[Hitsulikeapunch]

Lol for being 1944, this isnt crappy by any means.

[Daniel4646]

Yeah, it did work for its day. And: the Americans themselves adopted the design basics for their M3 Grease Gun during the Korean War.

[TheSnow77]

@Juggalo4life445 In fact it is crap^^ The bullet gets to hot in the Krummlauf so it's dangerous and useless. But the idea was really brilliant!And this was in 1944!

[TheJamesrocket]

@TheSnow77 Thats just stupid. Overheating happens with any weapon if you fire it enough, even heavy barreled machine guns. People would complain about the 300-500 round barrel life of the krumlauf, but that was another false dilemna. Soldiers never carried more than couple hundred rounds of ammo (and even then, you weren't guarenteed to fire it all), so this would easily see you through more than a couple battles.

[AssaultWeaponChannel]

@TheJamesrocket I know more than a few Marines and you'd be surprised at how much ammo you could end up using in a fight.

[TheJamesrocket]

@AssaultWeaponChannel Dude, if your that worried about the krumlauf distorting from heat, you can remake it with a replacable barrel liner, like the germans did with the 88mm anti-aircraft gun. Though with those steep curves, it would probably need to be a 2 part design.

In any case, though, its way more pragmatic than the corner shots.

[AssaultWeaponChannel]

@TheJamesrocket I'm not saying that the design wasn't practical, it was only designed to be fired from tanks and cover anyway. It was actually a very good idea. A chrome lined bore would have definitely helped it's longevity. All I'm saying is that you'd be surprised how many rounds you can go through in just one fight.

[AssaultWeaponChannel]

@TheSnow77 We took a lot of their technology, like infrared. The vampir hooked up to the stg but it was huge.