StG-44
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Opinion on the first assault rifle and how it would fair against a modern assault rifle
300-600m effective range
685m/s muzzle velocity
7.92x33mm Kurz
30 round magazine
It's very pretty
>>30476492
AK ripoff
:^)
>Not implement early enough to make a difference
It would do fine. The ammo is comparable to 7.62x39 which is still in use and gets the job done. The only downside I know of is the weight, 10lb, which is not horrible, just more than typical rifles now.
In case you missed it, Syrian rebels located a cache of StG-44s and used them in battle.
>>30476492
Magazine is a little long if you shoot prone. Apart from that breddy gud
>>30476511
Actually, the AK and all other assault rifles would technically be ripoffs of the StG-44 as it was the first automatic weapon to shoot a rifle caliber.
>>30476527
Akchually
>>30476492
>>30476527
>as it was the first automatic weapon to shoot a rifle caliber.
>Opinion on the first assault rifle
it is not the first of it kind though
>>30476513
Soviet also sent many captured MP-44 to Algeria
>>30476552
I really don't know why designers chose to make the stock and trigger like that. Just move it up.
>>30476513
>10 lb
>more than typical rifles
Thats lighter than the 5.56 Ak5 I carried during my entire service.
Id say that its pretty normal weight today. Sure, AR-15 variants are a bit ligther but everything else is close to 10 lbs
>>30476492
>how it would fare against a modern assault rifle
Poorly
>>30476527
There are tons of machine guns and other automatic weapons firing rifle calibers in service in WW1 or before (and that's discounting the protoypes and private ventures like the Avtomat Fedorova)
Madsen, Lewis, MG 08/15, Chauchat, Bergman, Fiat-Revelli, Mercie-Benet, Maxim-Tokarev, BAR,...
And 7.92 kurz isn't really a rifle caliber. That's kinda what makes it an assault rifle. You'd have to look at the FG 42 for a true rifle caliber.
>>30476568
>5.56 Ak5 I carried during my entire service.
barrel length?
> else is close to 10 lbs
they are about 3-3.8 kg
that is almost 1kg lighter than 10lbs
big heavy piece of shit that broke down easily.
troops inevitably traded it away for a mauser
>>30476601
>Barrel length
13,7 in (350mm)
Id say that most are close to 3.5 - 4kg wich isnt far from 10 lb. 0.5 - 1 kg isnt going to be a huge disadvantage anyway
>>30476513
7.92x33 had god awful muzzle velocity.
> 685 m/s
7.62x39 has around 730 depending on load
>>30476492
I can't think of a more aesthetic assault rifle.
>>30476568
Bög
The way the bolt cycles is sort of clunky, and the round is for all intents and purposes subsonic.
Its ergonomics appear to be alright, I say appear due to lack of personal experience shouldering one.
It lacks modularity of any sort but that can be fixed by a CNC machine and some know how.
I'd say it might fare alright in a low technology conflict like Syria and Ukraine but literally every assault rifle built after it is for all intents and purposes an improvement on the STG-44. Not necessarily in the literal sense, but in the conceptual sense.
>>30476492
Heavy for what it is
>>30476511
Small arms would have not made much of a distance compared to straightening out their logistics and producing more artillery
What made the stg 44 any more viable than the fg 42 as an assault rifle besides the different rounds since the weight and size are negligible differences.
