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StG 44
Sturmgewehr 44
Description
Considered the first modern assault rifle, using a cartridge midway between pistol and rifle rounds. It defined the post-war infantry weapon.
Historical use
- Second World War
Technical data
- Year
- 1944
- Service
- 1944–1945
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- C. G. Haenel
- Designer
- Hugo Schmeisser
- Type
- Automatic rifle
- Mechanism
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 7,92 × 33 mm Kurz
- Weight
- 4.6 kg
- Length
- 940 mm
- Barrel
- 419 mm
- Rate of fire
- 550 rds/min
- Capacity
- 30 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 425,977
Source: Wikidata Q151877
