Top Ten Combat Rifles- Sturmgewehr 44

Developed during the rule of Adolf Hitler, the innovative German Sturmgewehr 44 emerged from the shadows as one of the top combat rifles around.

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[mynervesbad]

the WW2 AK-47 lol

[bassie52]

@mynervesbad Kalashnikov stoled the design...

[MrDip02]

@29thinfgeek he did not base it off there FAR apart (to be considered the same) the mp40 is clsoe hell the m1-garand and the stg-44 use the uqual amount of parts in the ak-47 the locking lake m1 garand and gas operating system stg-44 the mp40 has more parts

[MrDip02]

@bassie52 not really he more stole the mp40 the stg-44 is far apart only the gas operating system is the same and the design (kinda) mp40 has far more parts similar

[29thinfgeek]

@1337soldiahs Well, without the STG44 the AK probably wouldnt be on this list at all, and neither would a lot of the other0 weapons.

[1337soldiahs]

@29thinfgeek Well, this list sorts weapons mostly by their performance, not historical importance. Sure, the STG was a great rifle, and a revolutionary idea for that time, but still the ruskies managed to outclass it completely in a bunch of years.

Oh well, I agree #9 is too low for this weapon, but the AK fully deserves the 1st place.

[29thinfgeek]

@1337soldiahs Thats not what i meant, at all. Looking at the history of the rifles, not the internals, as your example, the F-16 wouldnt be here without the Wright brother's plane. This program doesnt really look at the cost or the internals of the weapon, but the history- i do know that the AK47 is a superior weapon in almost every way.

[1337soldiahs]

@29thinfgeek That's like saying "how can the F-16 be better than the Wright Brothers' plane?" or "How can any other modern assault rifle be better than the Sturmgewehr?"

The STG was an experiment, and was incredibly complex, expensive, underpowered and only a few were made. The AK has only 8 moving parts (STG has 20), costs $150 to build, can fire after being buried in dirt for years and was built in the millions.

[megatherium100]

Thank the gods Hitler was to stupid and/or crazy to realize the potential this weapon had. Otherwise if this weapon had been put out on full production in 1942, history may had turn out different and we be all speaking german now, and maybe youtube wouldnt exist at all!!!

[RandomPrussian1871]

Germans invented everything lol

[29thinfgeek]

How can this be #9, and the AK 47 #1. Without this gun, the AK 47 wouldnt even have been invented

[mardamek1]

@JeremyNML I'll repeat again. The AK was inspired by the success of the Sturmgewehr and it did strongly resemble it on the outside. However, I don't see how you can say one thing is BASED on another when it doesn't share a common working mechanism, it is not the same or similar from an engineering standpoint. Looks like it - absolutely, based on it - absolutely not.