SturmGewehr 1944 Then And Now AK47_7.62x39mm_ StG44_7.92x33mm

SturmGewehr 1944 Then And Now AK47_7.62x39mm_ StG44_7.92x33mm
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Caliber:7.92x33 mm (7.92mm Kurz)
Action: Gas operated, tilting bolt
Overalllength: 940 mm
Barrel length: 419 mm
Weigth: 5.22 kg
Rate of fire: 500 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds

Germany was the leading country in the development of the assault rifle. Even the term "assault rifle", is no more than a translation of the German term Sturmgewehr,devised for propaganda reasons by no less than Hitler himself (or at least so the legend goes).
Germany began to develop intermediate cartridges during the mid-1930s. There were some developments in 7 mm and 7.75 mm calibre, but Heereswaffenamt (HWaA, ordepartment of armaments), decided to retain the existing rifle calibreof 7.92 mm, to save money on new machinery that would otherwise be required to produce bullets and barrels of a non-standard calibre. The new 7.92 mm "short infantry cartridge" (Infanterie patrone Kurz),developed by the Polte Werke in 1938, was officially designated the 7.92 mm PP Kurz. It had metric dimensions of 7.92 x 33, considerably shorter and less powerful than the standard 7.92 x 57 rifle / MG cartridge, and propelled a 8.1 g (125 grain) bullet to roughly 680 meters per second.
In 1939 HWaA issued a contract for the development of a "Maschinenkarabiner", or machine carbine (MKb forshort), chambered for the new Kurz cartridge, to the company C. G.Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik. Initial development took place underthe designation of MKb.42 - Maschinenkarabiner, 1942. The new weapon was intended as a replacement for submachine guns, bolt action riflesand, partly, light machineguns for front troops and was intended to have an effective range of 600 meters or so.
The famous designer Hugo Schmeisser led the Haenel development team, whichproduced the first working prototypes of new weapon by 1942, known as MKb.42(H). After extensive combat tests of the MKb.42(H), HWaA asked Haenel for several significant improvements over theirinitial design. Most notable was the request to replace the submachine-gun like open-bolt firing system with more convenientclosed-bolt system, to improve single-shot accuracy. Schmeisserre designed the weapon accordingly, and by 1943 submitted the improvedversion to the HWaA. But by this time Hitler had ordered that only existing types should be developed and manufactured, and theMaschinenkarabiner was not on this list. To avoid this nuisance, theGermans decided simply to rename the MKb to the MP, or Machinen pistole(submachine gun), which was on the "approved" list. So, the new andimproved weapon received the designation MP-43, and went into limited production and field trials at the front. During the following year,the MP-43 experienced several minor modifications, leading to MP-43/1and MP-43/2 designations, but these differed only in details such asfront sight bases and grenade launcher interfaces.
In April1944 the designation of all MP-43s was changed to MP-44, with no actual changes made to the design. At this time there were plenty ofglowing reports from the German troops fighting with MP-43s and MP-44sat the Eastern front. Seeing these reports, Hitler finally approved themass production and issue of the new "wunderwaffe", andin December 1944 officially christened it the Sturmgewehr, or Assault Rifle, 1944 (StG.44) This was a pure act of propaganda, but thename stuck not only to that gun, but also to the whole new class of automatic weapons designed to fire intermediate cartridges.
Thetotal number of MP-43s, MP-44s and StG.44s produced was about 450,000,and these guns proved very effective, but not without some flaws. Afterthe end of the war the direct development of the Stg.44 was stopped,but the East German police used some remaining guns. Another major post-war user of Stg.44 was Yugoslavia; their paratroopers used it under the designation "Automat, padobranski, 7.9 mm M44, nemacki" untilthe early 1980s, when the Kalashnikov-type M64 and M70 rifles finally replaced it. Yugoslavia also produced 7.92 x 33 Kurz ammunition untilthe late 1970s.

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[arm1207]

sturmgewehr is allot more sexy than the ak just saying....

and the ak Larry is using is an akm because the muzzle brake. The ak47 dosn't have a muzzle brake

[1337n1ck]

StG > AK

[LimpBizkitRus]

Anyway the ak is completly different from STG44. U can easly see it whe you disassembliing 2 guns.

[ArmoredZimpa]

StG> SKS> AK47

[machinegunmana]

filmed on a first generation iPhone...

[xdoris10]

how did the stg compare to the ak in terms of durability? everybody know's ak's are damn near indestructable but i havent heard anything about stg's

[justinjacques766]

@arm1207 i guess its an AKM

[MP44StG44Page]

@ChicanoCW L0L!

[ChicanoCW]

@MP44StG44Page texas, new mexico, montanna, nevada, north carolina, vagina state seem to be still gun friendly, its best to be an mountain man or live in the woods, so them scum bag vermin leftwing would leave us alone. and obamas faggot security team i feel sorry for mainly there republican, they have to put up with a dictactors crap

[MP44StG44Page]

@ChicanoCW L0L!

[ChicanoCW]

@MP44StG44Page thats cool, the way faggot ass jerry brown is i wouldnt trust him for shit, with even airsoft, or aegs. them democrats ruined every aspect of shooting from real, bb's to AEGS. which is why im glad i plan on leaving cali for good in a couple of years

[MP44StG44Page]

@ChicanoCW Cool, but i wouldn't risk it. maybe if i live in Las Vegas ya!. i would tell a gun smith there to build me a mp44. but im cool having airsoft guns i put them on my wall for props and i shoot them in my backyard. for fun.