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Difference between revisions of "StG 44"
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| − | Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, based on Haenel MKb 42(H) prototype. It was known as the MP43, MP44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), and finally as the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr = storm rifle) as development on the rifle progressed. | + | Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, based on Haenel MKb 42(H) prototype, the Sturmgewehr rifle would follow the Russian concept of 1916 for an assault eapon firing an intermediate cartridge, in full automatic, from a detachable box magazine . It was known as the MP43, MP44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), and finally as the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr = storm rifle) as development on the rifle progressed. The STG 44 was the first assault rifle able to be made cheaply, with good quality, an put into a highly effective design, until this point, assault rifles were usually difficult to produce, suffered high recoil, or were not reliable. The SGT's platform layout was the precursor of all the world's modern assault rifles, most notably the [[AK-47]]. |
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Revision as of 18:45, 7 March 2011
Specifications
Type: Assault Rifle
Caliber: 7.92x33mm Kurz
Capacity: 25, 30 round box magazines
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/FullAuto
Info
Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, based on Haenel MKb 42(H) prototype, the Sturmgewehr rifle would follow the Russian concept of 1916 for an assault eapon firing an intermediate cartridge, in full automatic, from a detachable box magazine . It was known as the MP43, MP44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), and finally as the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr = storm rifle) as development on the rifle progressed. The STG 44 was the first assault rifle able to be made cheaply, with good quality, an put into a highly effective design, until this point, assault rifles were usually difficult to produce, suffered high recoil, or were not reliable. The SGT's platform layout was the precursor of all the world's modern assault rifles, most notably the AK-47.
The Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle appears in the following movies, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
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Film
- Frank Glaubrecht in Die Brücke
- Tino Struckmann as Capt. Klaus Mueller in Brother's War (2009)
- Telly Savalas as Zeno and German soldiers in Escape to Athena
- Various German soldiers in Downfall aka "Der Untergang"
- Manfred Karge as Gilbert Wolzow and Klaus-Peter Thiele as Werner Holt in Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt
- German soldiers in Ich War Neunzehn
- Rebel Alliance soldiers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech A280" and "A295" blaster rifles)
- Pirates and crew members in Piraty XX veka (modified to resemble M16 rifles)
- U.S Army soldiers in Solo Voyage (modified to resemble M16 rifles)
Television
Video Games
- Medal of Honor: Frontline (as the "Stg44")
- Call of Duty (as the "MP44")
- Call of Duty: United Offensive (as the "MP44")
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (available only in online play, and as the "MP44")
- Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (as the "MP44")
- Silent Storm (as the "STG43"]
- Wolfenstein (as STG-43)
Anime
- Hellsing used by Nazis