MP44 Firing demo

German soldiers fires MP44 in a film

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Film & Animation

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• hansbeerbaum
• hans
• beerbaum
• MP44
• WWII
• Eastern
• Front
• Wehrmacht

[marleynrs8]

here a legit comment please respond if you know. how did the mp44/stg44 perform under combat situations? how did its accuracy and reliability compare to other period firearms?

[hansbeerbaum]

I have never read any bad comments about its performance. After its initial introduction to the Eastern front, the word spread and the demand from the troops vastly exceeded production (500,000 produced). It was lighter, recoiled less because of the smaller cartridge and troops could carry lots of ammo (224 rounds vs 65 for the 98k). Like most weapons, if kept clean and properly maintained it did its job with minimum malfuctions.

HB

[marleynrs8]

thanks. how about its accuracy?

[hansbeerbaum]

I have not read any ballistic reports. However, long-range accuracy was not required. German military thinkers understood that most of the killing was done at 100 meters or less. Hence, there was no need for a rifle cartridge that was accurate to 1500 meters. Hence, the 8mm Kurz (short) round. It was very accurate at 100 meters and much more accurate than the MP40 with its short 9mm rounds. The biggest problem was Hitler, who didn't want industry to gear up for another caliber.

HB

[chinoaguilucho]

thanks God they didn't employed that rifle in a large number because then, the allies would've been screwed! The idea was to give one of those to each soldier. FORTUNATELY it never happened.

[hansbeerbaum]

Roughly 500,000 were manufactured, but you'd need 500,000 skilled soldiers to use them. If they had an additional 5000 Panther tanks, they'd need 25,000 highly skilled crewmen, plus mechanics, fuel, oil, ammo, spare parts, etc.. When you do the math, you realize what a huge undertaking that would have been and why Hitler foolishly "bit off more than Germany could chew."

HB

[Lepper36]

No, StG-44. The Russkies stole it and made the Kilashnokov 47 from the gun's schematics

[hinduw]

the sturmgewehr 44 was so advanced that they would triple the number of deaths Kar 98's and MP 42's produced..but they where manufactured too late.

[dragonblud1]

@JustAnotherYtuber never said i didnt belive you im with you

[JustAnotherYtuber]

@dragonblud1

Back in the years before ww2 everything with the "Made in Germany" sticker was seen as cheap and nasty kinda like "Made in China" is today, but Hitler and the Nazi's made Germany produce everything with class and style, this was one of the few good things Hitler did, if you don't beleive me go read about, it tells you about the standards and policies Hitler set for everything that was being produced.

[dragonblud1]

@JustAnotherYtuber agreed they make anything good look at the BMW its good being allied with them

[JustAnotherYtuber]

Germans make best guns.

[JayDude003]

greatest assault rifle of all time, no matter how old it is :)

[canigetanoorah]

@hansbeerbaum There's a great book called German automatic weapons of WW2 by R. Bruce in which they test the MP44 (along side many other German automatic weapons on a firing range giving detailed reports for each), it performs more or less like a modern assault rifle and is comparable to the AK47 in accuracy, google the book and get a copy if you are interested in the subject it's very good!

[Lionwolf0777]

@Carmine530 It's the first assault rifle. It's the foundation for all modern main battle rifle systems.

[Carmine530]

Amazing how most of today's assualt rifles are based off of the SturmGewehr 44.

[MP44StG44Page]

my favorite assault rifle join my page youtubers if your a fan of the StG44

[Ericthefilo]

@clarissa1986

You've totally read my post wrong. They're all an assault rifle. Just because it was named MP44 and then changed to STG44, they're both the same gun i.e. both an assault rifle.