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The claim that the StG-44 was the first assault rifle is a contentious one; other weapons which could be termed early assault rifles have existed before (for example, the Russian [[Fedorov Avtomat]]). Rather, the StG-44 was the first to be mass produced, and the first to be referred to as an assault rifle. While the StG-44 was well received by troops and is often depicted as some kind of superweapon in modern videogames, it suffered from a number of issues throughout production. The materials used in the mass-production StG-44 were of poor quality due to war expediency, and British analysts (who praised the earlier MP43) found the bolt could be totally immobilised by pinching the sides of the receiver with the fingers of one hand, while the rifle could be totally destroyed by the simple act of leaning it against a doorframe and then knocking it over. The stock was prone to breakages, and American analysts criticised the 11.5 pound weight of the loaded weapon as excessive considering the relatively small round used, comparing the StG-44 unfavourably to the [[M1 Carbine]]. | The claim that the StG-44 was the first assault rifle is a contentious one; other weapons which could be termed early assault rifles have existed before (for example, the Russian [[Fedorov Avtomat]]). Rather, the StG-44 was the first to be mass produced, and the first to be referred to as an assault rifle. While the StG-44 was well received by troops and is often depicted as some kind of superweapon in modern videogames, it suffered from a number of issues throughout production. The materials used in the mass-production StG-44 were of poor quality due to war expediency, and British analysts (who praised the earlier MP43) found the bolt could be totally immobilised by pinching the sides of the receiver with the fingers of one hand, while the rifle could be totally destroyed by the simple act of leaning it against a doorframe and then knocking it over. The stock was prone to breakages, and American analysts criticised the 11.5 pound weight of the loaded weapon as excessive considering the relatively small round used, comparing the StG-44 unfavourably to the [[M1 Carbine]]. | ||
− | Because of its manufacturing costs, which prevented speedy wartime production, the StG 44 was scheduled to be replaced with the [[Sturmgewehr 45]], but the war ended before the new rifle could be issued for field trials. Due to administrative errors and the chaos of the war, around one hundred thousand StG-44s were never delivered to the front lines and were seized by the Soviet army from depots and warehouses after the war ended, ultimately being provided to client states: this is why StG-44s are not an uncommon sight in conflict zones even today. These surplus StGs were sufficiently common that they were often visually modified to stand in for M16s in Soviet-era Russian movies. | + | Because of its manufacturing costs, which prevented speedy wartime production, the StG 44 was scheduled to be replaced with the [[Sturmgewehr 45]], but the war ended before the new rifle could be issued for field trials. Due to administrative errors and the chaos of the war, around one hundred thousand StG-44s were never delivered to the front lines and were seized by the Soviet army from depots and warehouses after the war ended, ultimately being provided to client states: this is why StG-44s are not an uncommon sight in conflict zones even today. These surplus StGs were sufficiently common that they were often visually modified to stand in for M16s in Soviet-era Russian movies. |
+ | |||
+ | In Russia, some surplus StG-44s have now been converted into civilian semi-auto rifles named the "MP44-O" ("O" stands for "охотничий"; ''okhotnichiy'', i.e. "hunting"). Also, new semi-automatic civilian reproductions of the MKb 42(H), MP 43/1, and StG 44 are being manufactured in Germany today by Sport Systeme Dittrich. | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
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| ''[[Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1948 | | ''[[Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1948 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Little Partisan (Malý partyzán)]]''|| || | + | |rowspan=2|''[[Little Partisan (Malý partyzán)]]''|| [[Oldrich Vykypel]] || Commander of partisans || rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2|1950 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | || German soldiers |
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Action B (Akce B)]]''|| || ''UPA'' fighters || ||1952 | |''[[Action B (Akce B)]]''|| || ''UPA'' fighters || ||1952 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1958 | |''[[At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1958 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[A Time to Love and a Time to Die]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1958 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Bridge, The (1959)|The Bridge (Die Brücke)]]'' || [[Frank Glaubrecht]] || Jϋrgen Borchert|| Inexplicably switched with an [[MP40]] during shooting scenes || 1959 | |''[[Bridge, The (1959)|The Bridge (Die Brücke)]]'' || [[Frank Glaubrecht]] || Jϋrgen Borchert|| Inexplicably switched with an [[MP40]] during shooting scenes || 1959 | ||
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|''[[Where is the General? (Gdzie jest general?)]]''|| || German soldiers || ||1964 | |''[[Where is the General? (Gdzie jest general?)]]''|| || German soldiers || ||1964 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | ''[[A Tale About Nipper-Pipper (Skazka o Malchishe-Kibalchishe)]]'' || || Enemy soldiers || Magazines removed, some with Gewehr 98 bayonets || 1965 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | rowspan=3|''[[The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt)]]'' || [[Klaus-Peter Thiele]] || Werner Holt || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1965 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | [[Manfred Karge]] || Gilbert Wolzow |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Carriage to Vienna (Kocár do Vídne)]]'' || Ladislav Jandoš || Young partisan || || 1966 | | ''[[Carriage to Vienna (Kocár do Vídne)]]'' || Ladislav Jandoš || Young partisan || || 1966 | ||
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| ''[[The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech)]]'' || || German and Soviet soldiers || || 1968 | | ''[[The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech)]]'' || || German and Soviet soldiers || || 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | rowspan=4|''[[I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)]]'' || [[Aleksey Eybozhenko]] || Sr. Lt. Sascha Ziganjuk || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|1968 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[The Eighth (Osmiyat)]]'' || [[ | + | | [[Jaecki Schwarz]] || Lt. Gregor Hecker |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Dieter Mann]] || ''Unteroffizier'' Willi Lommer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Che!]]''||||Cuban rebel||||1969 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[The Eighth (Osmiyat)]]'' || [[Georgi Georgiev-Getz]] || "Osmiyat" || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1969 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Nikola Anastasov]] || "Chaplin" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal)]]'' || || A mercenary || || 1969 | | ''[[Treasures of the Flaming Cliffs (Sokrovishcha pylayushchikh skal)]]'' || || A mercenary || || 1969 | ||
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| ''[[The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak)]]'' || [[Dimitar Buynozov]] || Damyan || || 1971 | | ''[[The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak)]]'' || [[Dimitar Buynozov]] || Damyan || || 1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[She No Longer Talks She Shoots]]'' || [[Annie Girardot]] || Rosemonde || || 1972 | + | | rowspan=2|''[[She No Longer Talks She Shoots]]'' || [[Annie Girardot]] || Rosemonde || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1972 |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | [[André Pousse]] || Max | |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[I Serve at the Border (Ya sluzhu na granitse)]]'' || || Border guards of unnamed state || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1974 | | ''[[I Serve at the Border (Ya sluzhu na granitse)]]'' || || Border guards of unnamed state || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1974 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Port]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1976 | | ''[[Port]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=3|''[[Mama, I'm Alive (Mama, ich lebe)]]'' || [[Eberhard Kirchberg]] || Karl Koralewski || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1977 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Uwe Zerbe]] || Walter Pankonin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Mikhail Vaskov]] || Sgt. Kolja | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Escape to Athena]]''||[[Telly Savalas]] ||Zeno || ||1979 | |''[[Escape to Athena]]''||[[Telly Savalas]] ||Zeno || ||1979 | ||
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| || Pirates | | || Pirates | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[ | + | | rowspan=3|''[[The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi)]]'' || [[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]] || Gido Torstensen || || rowspan=3|1979 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Leonid Bronevoy]] || Jean Challot || rowspan=2|Standard and Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || Scharf's henchmen | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Personal Safety Not Guaranteed (Lichnoy bezopasnosti ne garantiruyu)]]''|| ||A bandit|| ||1980 | |''[[Personal Safety Not Guaranteed (Lichnoy bezopasnosti ne garantiruyu)]]''|| ||A bandit|| ||1980 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Star Wars | + | |''[[The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' || || Rebel Alliance soldiers || As the "BlasTech A295" || 1980 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[From the Bug to the Vistula (Ot Buga do Visly)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1980 | | ''[[From the Bug to the Vistula (Ot Buga do Visly)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1980 | ||
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| ''[[The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1985 | | ''[[The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1985 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[R Document (Dokument R), The]]'' || || Security guards || Visually modified to resemble [[ | + | | ''[[R Document (Dokument R), The]]'' || || Security guards || Visually modified to resemble [[IMI Romat]] variant || 1985 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Secrets of Madame Wong (Tayny madam Vong)]]'' || || Hong Kong police || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1986 | | ''[[Secrets of Madame Wong (Tayny madam Vong)]]'' || || Hong Kong police || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1986 | ||
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| ''[[Island of Lost Ships (Ostrov pogibshikh korabley)]]'' || || Islanders || Original and visually modified to resemble [[M16A1]] || 1987 | | ''[[Island of Lost Ships (Ostrov pogibshikh korabley)]]'' || || Islanders || Original and visually modified to resemble [[M16A1]] || 1987 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[The Russians Are Coming]]'' || [[Gert Krause-Melzer]] || Günter Walcher || rowspan=2| Movie was filmed in 1968 || rowspan=2|1987 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Cargo 300 (Gruz 300)]]'' || || Afghan mujaheddins || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1989 | | ''[[Cargo 300 (Gruz 300)]]'' || || Afghan mujaheddins || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1989 | ||
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| || Pirates | | || Pirates | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Road Hawks (Stervyatniki na dorogakh)]]'' || || Mafia member || Custom "StG-44k" || 1990 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Sniper (1992)|Sniper]]'' || || Criminal || || 1992 | | ''[[Sniper (1992)|Sniper]]'' || || Criminal || || 1992 | ||
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| ''[[Casino (1992)|Casino]]'' || || Police officers || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1992 | | ''[[Casino (1992)|Casino]]'' || || Police officers || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1992 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Deserter (Dezertir)]]'' || || A brigand || || 1997 | + | | ''[[Deserter (Dezertir) (1997)|Deserter (Dezertir)]]'' || || A brigand || || 1997 |
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Downfall | + | |''[[Downfall]]''|| ||German soldiers|| ||2004 |
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Joy Division]] || [[Ricci Harnett]] || Sgt. Harry Stone || || 2006 | |''[[Joy Division]] || [[Ricci Harnett]] || Sgt. Harry Stone || || 2006 | ||
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| ''[[The Island (Ostrov)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 2006 | | ''[[The Island (Ostrov)]]'' || || German soldiers || || 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Bridge, The (2008)|The Bridge]]''||[[François Goeske]]||Albert Mutz|| ||2008 | + | |rowspan=2|''[[Bridge, The (2008)|The Bridge]]''||[[François Goeske]]||Albert Mutz|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2008 |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | || German soldiers | |
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Brother's War]]''||[[Tino Struckmann]] ||Capt. Klaus Mueller || ||2009 | |''[[Brother's War]]''||[[Tino Struckmann]] ||Capt. Klaus Mueller || ||2009 | ||
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|''[[Memorial Day]]''||||German soldiers||||2011 | |''[[Memorial Day]]''||||German soldiers||||2011 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Iron Sky]]'' || || | + | | ''[[Iron Sky]]'' || || Moon Nazis || With sci-fi embellishments || 2012 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Fury (2014)|Fury]]''||[[Brad Pitt]]||Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier||||2014 | | ''[[Fury (2014)|Fury]]''||[[Brad Pitt]]||Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier||||2014 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[The Guy from Our Cemetery (Paren s nashego kladbishcha)]]'' || || || at the gun shop || 2015 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[1944]]'' || || Estonian SS soldiers || || 2015 | | ''[[1944]]'' || || Estonian SS soldiers || || 2015 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Battery Number One (Edinichka)]]'' || || A German soldier || || 2015 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan]]'' || || Vietcong soldier || || 2019 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| ''[[Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e)]]'' || || A Soviet soldier || Seen in documentary footage || 1976 | | ''[[Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e)]]'' || || A Soviet soldier || Seen in documentary footage || 1976 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Mirage (1983)|Mirage]]'' || [[Regimantas Adomaitis]] || Frank Morgan || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1983 | + | | rowspan=2|''[[Mirage (1983)|Mirage]]'' || [[Regimantas Adomaitis]] || Frank Morgan || rowspan=2|Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || rowspan=2|1983 |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | [[Ints Burans]] || Ed Black | |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...)]]'' || || Nagonian soldiers || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1984 | | ''[[TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...)]]'' || || Nagonian soldiers || Visually modified to resemble [[M16]] || 1984 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Band of Brothers]]'' || || German soldiers || Seen on wall in "Curahee" (Ep.1), used in "The Breaking Point" (Ep.7) || 2001 | | ''[[Band of Brothers]]'' || || German soldiers || Seen on wall in "Curahee" (Ep.1), used in "The Breaking Point" (Ep.7) || 2001 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[Ash (Pepel)]]'' || [[Farkhad Makhmudov]] || "Pepel"'s henchman || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2013 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || A German soldier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Front]]'' || || A German soldier || || 2014 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]] || || || || 2003 | | ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]] || || || || 2003 | ||
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− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' || MP44 || || || 2004 | | ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' || MP44 || || || 2004 | ||
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| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || StG-44 || || || 2005 | | ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || StG-44 || || || 2005 | ||
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Call of Duty 2]]'' || MP44 || || || 2005 | | ''[[Call of Duty 2]]'' || MP44 || || || 2005 | ||
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| ''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]'' || Stg44 || || || 2006 | | ''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]'' || Stg44 || || || 2006 | ||
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || StG-44 || || || 2006 | | ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || StG-44 || || || 2006 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' || MP44 || || || 2007 | | ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' || MP44 || || || 2007 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || With or without ZF4 scope || 2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || StG-44 || Flash hider, aperture sight, telescopic sight || || 2008 | | ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || StG-44 || Flash hider, aperture sight, telescopic sight || || 2008 | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | ||
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− | |''[[Hellsing]]''||Nazis|| ||2001 | + | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Fuse || rowspan="2" | || rowspan=2 | 1999 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kerberos members | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Hellsing]]''|| Vampire Nazis|| ||2001 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow]]''|| Ursula Hartmann || with Krummlauf || 2014 -2015 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Brave Witches]]'' || Nikka Katajainen || rowspan="2" | || rowspan=2 | 2016 - 2017 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Waltrud Krupinski | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Higher Principle (Vyssí princip)]]''|| [[Jan Skopecek]] || SS man || ||1960 | + | | rowspan="2"|''[[Higher Principle (Vyssí princip)]]'' || [[Jan Skopecek]] || SS man || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"|1960 |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | || German soldiers | |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Death Is Called Engelchen]]'' || || German soldiers, Partisans || || 1963 | | ''[[Death Is Called Engelchen]]'' || || German soldiers, Partisans || || 1963 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin)]]'' || || German soldiers and officers || || 1969 | + | | ''[[On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin)]]'' || || German soldiers and officers || Converted to 7.62x39mm || 1969 |
|} | |} | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Killing Floor]]'' || MKb42 || || Added in a patch in 2012 || 2009 | + | | ''[[Killing Floor]]'' || "MKb42" || || Added in a patch in 2012 || 2009 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad]] || "MKb 42(H)" || || || 2011 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Killing Floor 2]]'' || "MKb42" || stocks removed and are fitted with bayonets || || 2016 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || "MKb 42" || || || 2017 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]''|| || ||1998 | + | |''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]''|| Kerberos members || ||1998 |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} |
Revision as of 10:57, 19 September 2020
The Sturmgewehr 44 was developed from the earlier Haenel MKb 42(H) "machine carbine" prototype. During development the project was hidden from Hitler, who had ordered it cancelled, by referring to it as a submachine gun (Maschinenpistole); during this time it was known as the MP43 and MP44. When the deception was discovered (supposedly due to an officer requesting "more of these new rifles") it was demonstrated to the German high command, and Hitler himself re-named it the "Sturmgewehr." This literally translates as "storm rifle;" this is storm as in "to storm a castle," hence the translation "assault rifle." The three versions were essentially minor updates for production purposes.
The claim that the StG-44 was the first assault rifle is a contentious one; other weapons which could be termed early assault rifles have existed before (for example, the Russian Fedorov Avtomat). Rather, the StG-44 was the first to be mass produced, and the first to be referred to as an assault rifle. While the StG-44 was well received by troops and is often depicted as some kind of superweapon in modern videogames, it suffered from a number of issues throughout production. The materials used in the mass-production StG-44 were of poor quality due to war expediency, and British analysts (who praised the earlier MP43) found the bolt could be totally immobilised by pinching the sides of the receiver with the fingers of one hand, while the rifle could be totally destroyed by the simple act of leaning it against a doorframe and then knocking it over. The stock was prone to breakages, and American analysts criticised the 11.5 pound weight of the loaded weapon as excessive considering the relatively small round used, comparing the StG-44 unfavourably to the M1 Carbine.
Because of its manufacturing costs, which prevented speedy wartime production, the StG 44 was scheduled to be replaced with the Sturmgewehr 45, but the war ended before the new rifle could be issued for field trials. Due to administrative errors and the chaos of the war, around one hundred thousand StG-44s were never delivered to the front lines and were seized by the Soviet army from depots and warehouses after the war ended, ultimately being provided to client states: this is why StG-44s are not an uncommon sight in conflict zones even today. These surplus StGs were sufficiently common that they were often visually modified to stand in for M16s in Soviet-era Russian movies.
In Russia, some surplus StG-44s have now been converted into civilian semi-auto rifles named the "MP44-O" ("O" stands for "охотничий"; okhotnichiy, i.e. "hunting"). Also, new semi-automatic civilian reproductions of the MKb 42(H), MP 43/1, and StG 44 are being manufactured in Germany today by Sport Systeme Dittrich.
Specifications
(1943 - 1945)
- Type: Assault Rifle
- Caliber: 7.92x33mm Kurz
- Weight: 10.2 lbs (4.6 kg) unloaded
- Length: 37 in (94 cm)
- Barrel length: 16.5 in (41.9 cm)
- Muzzle Velocity: 2,247 ft/s (685 m/s)
- Feed System: 30-round detachable box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
The StG 44 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
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Mission: Impossible | guards | "The Exchange" (S03E12) | 1968 | |
Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e) | A Soviet soldier | Seen in documentary footage | 1976 | |
Mirage | Regimantas Adomaitis | Frank Morgan | Visually modified to resemble M16 | 1983 |
Ints Burans | Ed Black | |||
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) | Nagonian soldiers | Visually modified to resemble M16 | 1984 | |
Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) | A Soviet soldier | Seen in documentary footage | 1985 | |
Band of Brothers | German soldiers | Seen on wall in "Curahee" (Ep.1), used in "The Breaking Point" (Ep.7) | 2001 | |
Ash (Pepel) | Farkhad Makhmudov | "Pepel"'s henchman | 2013 | |
A German soldier | ||||
Front | A German soldier | 2014 |
Video Games
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Fuse | 1999 | |
Kerberos members | |||
Hellsing | Vampire Nazis | 2001 | |
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Ursula Hartmann | with Krummlauf | 2014 -2015 |
Brave Witches | Nikka Katajainen | 2016 - 2017 | |
Waltrud Krupinski |
Haenel MKb 42(H)
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Higher Principle (Vyssí princip) | Jan Skopecek | SS man | 1960 | |
German soldiers | ||||
Death Is Called Engelchen | German soldiers, Partisans | 1963 | ||
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) | German soldiers and officers | Converted to 7.62x39mm | 1969 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Killing Floor | "MKb42" | Added in a patch in 2012 | 2009 | |
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | "MKb 42(H)" | 2011 | ||
Killing Floor 2 | "MKb42" | stocks removed and are fitted with bayonets | 2016 | |
Sniper Elite 4 | "MKb 42" | 2017 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Kerberos members | 1998 |